PHNOM PENH, March 15 (AFP) - Authorities in the Cambodian capital have rounded up 15 bulls and cows after their mating habits caused traffic accidents along a busy road, a local councillor said Monday.

Officials began herding the animals last week, seizing two bulls and 13 cows, said Khin Sim, a deputy chief in Phnom Penh's Pong Toek commune.

He told AFP a number of traffic accidents occurred every mating season when "bulls wildly pursue their mates across the road."

"It is the breeding season and the animals were wandering around a public park near the Phnom Penh International Airport, where the road is so busy," Khin Sim said.

"It affects the traffic and caused animal anarchy in the eyes of international guests passing through the airport."

Khin Sim said a motorist had been knocked unconscious last week when one of the roaming animals ran into him.

Villagers have been warned the animals will be seized if they are not kept under control, he said.