A woman who was trampled by cows killing her dog is in a critical condition in hospital after she suffered serious injuries.
The horrific incident happened at about 4pm on Tuesday in a field in Sheldon - a small village near Bakewell.
Emergency services, including an air ambulance, were called to the scene after the attack was witnessed by a member of the public.
A Derbyshire Police statement said: "We were called at 3.45pm yesterday after a passer-by found a woman and her dog being attacked by cows in a field in Sheldon, near to Magpie Mine.
"Officers attended, as did an air ambulance, and she was taken to hospital in Sheffield, where she remains in a critical condition. Her dog had been killed by the cows."
The East Midlands Ambulance Service said they were called to a "medical emergency" at 3.51pm in the general area of Sheldon, Bakewell.
"We sent a medical first responder, a fast response car, two paramedics in ambulance cars, a crewed ambulance and the air ambulance", an ambulance spokesman said.
"We transported one patient to Sheffield Northern General Hospital."
Community page Sheldon Village tweeted: "Our thoughts are with the family of the lady who was very badly injured by cows in the fields to the rear of our village.
"Excellent work by the @DerbysPolice in rescuing her and taking her to hospital."
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In June this year, a woman who had been trampled by cows was saved by her six-year-old granddaughter from the charging herd.
The woman was "severely injured" on a footpath from Capel Curig to Crimpiau in Snowdonia. She was carried by the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue team and carried her to an air ambulance and she was taken to the Royal Stoke Hospital.
