This thread is so dumb....I've lived on a ranch, (owned by my parents) all my life. I have never tipped a cow, because that seems to me like a retarded thing to do.
First off, as stated above, cows don't sleep standing up. Horse do (k-rob knows what's up).
Second, if you find a cow standing up it is most likely dozing. Yes you can tip it over, and yes there is a high likelyhood it will die/have to be put down for the above stated reasons.
Third, cows are chill as fuck. Why would you bum rush one and knock it over?
Fourth, RANCHERS (farmers farm plants and such), are almost never responsible for killing cows. They go to slaughterhouses, not owned by the rancher, to slaughter. This is done by the bolt-gun thing like in No Country for Old Men.
Saying that killing a rancher's cow is OK because it is going to be killed eventually is also a retarded argument. Most beef cow ranches (like the one we own) are cow calf operations. This means we keep all the female cows, and sell the steers. This also means it is highly likely that you would be killing a mother cow, or a bull. Ranchers really do care about there animals, and killing one, even mistakenly would be a pretty unchill thing to do.
Don't do it. Please