12:38pm UK, Friday April 17, 2009Anti-social bikers who have been tearing up playing fields are being scared off the property - by a herd of cows.
The people of Monks Brook in Southampton are fed up of council turf being ruined by youths on loud bikes.
So Hampshire County Council has turned to the hoofed animals for help and drafted in eight of the beasts to occupy the land.
A spokesperson said: "We had a number of complaints from residents about kids breaking in with motorbikes so we decided to move eight cows onto the land."
The Aberdeen Angus cows seem to have done the trick.
But the new herd is not so popular with the next door neighbours - the footie team BTC Sports and Social Club say the cows are stopping matches.
Club chairman Damon Brown told Southampton's The Daily Echo: "They are not solving the problem, they are just moving it on. The longer these cows are on the field the more damage they are going to do."
He said BTC wanted to mark out the land for three more pitches and six mini pitches to start up a girls' league.
And Mr Brown added: "The motorcycles would find it difficult to drive across the field on a Saturday and Sunday when its full of kids playing football."
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