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A large stampede will frequently destroy anything in its way. In farmed animals, herd managers, sometimes called Cowboy s, attempt to turn the moving herd into itself, so that it runs in circles rather than self-destructing by running over a cliff or into a river, or from damaging human life or property by overrunning human settlements. HUMAN STAMPEDES By an analogy, the term is applied to a sudden rush of a crowd of people, usually resulting in many injuries and death from ). In 1989 , a Stampede at Hillsborough stadium, Sheffield, England, killed 96 during a soccer semi-final. While it may seem that shorter people are at greater risk for injury during a stampede, this is not the case. Taller people, while stumbling and tripping over everybody else, are more likely to be knocked down and trampled. |
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