Austria warns against cow-kissing Internet challenge


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  • Friday, 17 May 2019

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY STANISLAW WASZAK - Storks stand next to cows on a meadow near Warsaw on July 31, 2010. During the summer season, the small village of Zywkowo in northern Poland counts more storks than inhabitants. AFP PHOTO / JANEK SKARZYNSKI

VIENNA: The Austrian government on May 16 warned Internet users to shun an online cow-kissing challenge, calling it a “dangerous nuisance”. 

A Swiss app called Castl launched the #KuhKussChallenge (“Cow Kiss Challenge”) on May 15, encouraging users in Switzerland and other German-speaking countries to kiss cows – “with or without tongues” – to raise money for charity.  

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