WaylayerCows Are Cool

As wolves and bears have long ago vanished from the Alps, today's hiker has to be content with confronting ferocious bovine beasts like the waylayer at the top. It even wears a mask.

Below are some more Simmentals, photographed on my hikes in Bavaria, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. (To enlarge a picture, just click on it.)

Cow Deutschnofen South Tyrolean Cow and Dark Clouds Swiss Dark Cow LyingCurious Punk Two Cows Grazing Cow Cow in front of the Wetterhorn Grazing Cow Calfs Double-Headed Cow Resting Cow Grazing Cow Bull Three Cows


And now for something completely different: A cow from Ireland, whose ASCII version can be found in the third row below, two mountain sheep from Switzerland, and three geese from Holstein:

Irish Cow Valaisan Sheep Gänsemarsch Israelsdorf


Cows exist longer than graphical computer displays. As a prove take these examples from the Complete Guide To Cows.

           (__)
           (oo)                 U
    /-------\/              /---V
   / |     ||              * |--|                  .
  *  ||----||
     ^^    ^^
  
  Cow at 1 meter.   Cow at 100 meters.    Cow at 10,000 meters.
  
  
                       (__)               (__)
                       (oo)               (oo)
                /-------\/-*       /-------\/
               / |     || \       )*)(\/* /  *
              *  ||----||  *     \ |||/)|/()(
              \/|(/)(/\/(,,/     \)|(/\/|)(/\
                Cow munching     Grass munching
                  on grass           on cow
  
  
                          (__)               (__)
                          (oo)               (oo)
                   /-------\/     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                  / |     ||
                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
                 Cow in water         Cow in trouble
  
  
                         ________                      _______
                (__)    /        \            (__)    /       \
                (oo)   ( Squeak!! )           (oo)   (  !oMo!  )
         /-------\/  --'\________/     /-------\/  --'\_______/
        / |     ||                    / |     ||
       *  ||----||                   *  ||----||
          ~~    ~~                      ~~    ~~
          A Cow-mon                     Dyslexic
           Mistake                        Cow

Continued in the ...:::/// Complete Guide To Cows \\\:::...

Comments

Cows ARE Cool

I couldn't agree more. They have beautiful eyes and, given the chance, are very protective with their calves. I'm guessing, because you like cows (and other animals) so much, you must be VEGAN - good for you, afterall what right do humans have to rob the milk from a cow when it is produced by her for her baby calf.

                          LOVE ANIMALS DON'T EAT THEM

Love Melissa,
HULL AGAINST CREATURE TORMENT

by Melissa Richards, 06 Mar 2004

how could anyone abuse these creatures?

Again, your photographs capture nature in its most beautiful, raw form.  We all love leather shoes and car interiors, but it would be wonderful if all cattle could live as your "models" are pictured.  They also deserve humane treatments in the last minutes of their lives.

by Nancy Kobe-Thompson, 14 Dec 2004

treat animals like human beings

i belkieve that some people take animals to be anything as long as they get a munch!! cows are as ever like humans as they have babies and want to care for their young just as human beings with their babies!! so treat cows with respect and we will all feel happy in the environment

by jenny mc kinney, 20 Jan 2005

Cows ROCK!!!

all my life i have loved cows and everything about them. and i think killing them for their skin should be stopped!!! cows ARE NOT there for fashion.

by Shayda Ansar, 19 Apr 2006

I love these pictures!

Cows are such amazingly beautiful and peaceful animals. :)Thanks for posting these pics; I am going to send them to my meat-eating friends.
--Katie

by Katie Pacheco, 15 May 2006

I Love Cows!

I love cows and I have loved them for a lot of my life. They are so beautiful and they so shouldnt be killed for the stupid human needs! We are destroying the planet people! What do animals do? Be enslaved by us humans!!!!!!!!! I love cows and all animals! Rock On!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Emma Kurfis, 22 May 2006

just found this web sight

I was a vegan for a short time,but I fell off the wagon.I love cows and want to get back on the wagon{not pulled by cows}help  would be apprciated.mike from michigan

by michael williams, 10 Jun 2006

I'm a Cow Nut

In New Zealand, we are calving down our herd of 320 cows...what a wonderful time of year..here we go again ...rearing the babies..milking the mums..fantastic life...even when it's wet...COWS...MY LIFE....

by Jen Vaughan, 08 Aug 2006

I have loved cows since i was born!

Cows are aweseome creatures and should be treated just like us, but better! NO HAMBURGERS! ew hamburgers taste bad anyways!milking is ok but thats it!

by Juliette P, 07 Dec 2006

Cows are cows, and cool...

If it weren't for people, cattle would be happy in the wild, but now the fact that cattle are profitable for people to farm is the only thing standing between bovine and oblivion. A good farmer LOVES his cattle and does not rest himself unless they are taken care of.  Look at factory farming and 25000 head feedlots for a real source of oblivious cruelty.

by Christine Roussel, 26 Dec 2006

I got TEN cows and milk

I have my 10 cows in Sri lanka.I am planing to feed children a free glass of milk a day.I have 100 kids in my village school.I want them to learn how impotant to appreciate all the animal on earth.They are very dependable.They are very precious.Can you imagine how boring would that be only people around you without any animals or birds? Please email me ilovemy10cows@yahoo.com

by Roshan Goonathilake, 03 Feb 2007

MMMMMOOOOOO!!!

I think that cows are so cute.They are so calm and they lick up their food and then bite it which makes it so easy to feed them.They are so cool and I love cows.I want to live in Switzerland because the Swiss love cows.COWS RULE!!!

by Anna Relton, 03 Feb 2007

Innocent Sebasaza Mugisha

Words alone cannot describe therespect and love I have for cows. I have an experience of how cows have facilitated and bridged reconciliation and unity among communities in my village. And this is one of so many other crucial services cows have and are still serving ......so I say LONG LIVE COWS

by innocent Mugisha, 07 Mar 2007

Emily

Look at this link for an essay about cows: http://www.agirlsworld.com/amy/fun-facts/cowsinitaly.html.

by Anonymous Visitor, 08 Apr 2007

Cows R cute...and beautiful, and moosical, and freakin' awesome... BUT

I know, I love them, but they are indeed good food, and for all the starving people out there. Some will indeed need to be sacrificed. In the wild, if we let the cow population keep on growing and growing and GROWING, then some cows would become verysickly and die, because there is not enough food for all of the cows on Earth. Some babies would be born sickly from the mothers not getting enough food, and then not producing enough milk to sustain the baby! So, in some ways, slaughtering cows is a semi-good thing. I DEFINITELY do not agree with all the obese people in America eating McDonalds hamburgers, and getting so obese they can no longer walk. I just would like the cows to die for a REAL cause, like people in foreign countries dying from starvation, then cows can be milked to produce drink, and some slaughtered, for the food some of these people definitely need.
Katie, 12 years old.
Submitting her small opinion!

by Anonymous Visitor, 11 May 2007

Why I love cows?

Why I love cows? Well, I rent a piece of land opposite a meadow where
the farmer has two cows. Each year (regrettably) the eldest is
destined for meat... In the meantime (mean time for the animals), I
try to make their limited lifespan as comfortable as possible by
offering them carrots. This has been going on for many years and I'm
still surprised by the difference in personality structure these
animals have: cuddly ones, downright naughty ones, playful or
indifferent ones .. a vast variety of character traits that one also
finds in humans.

Well, to answer the question why I love them ... they are all
individuals and to talk to them, and stare into the deepness of their
beautiful eyes gives me a feeling of connection to an animal world
that is much closer to us than most people imagine!

Ray Massart - Belgium

by Anonymous Visitor, 18 Sep 2007

nice

really nice animals, love to work with them

by Anonymous Visitor, 09 Oct 2007

So Sweet!

its nice to know there are people out there who love cows just as much as i do... thank you for posting these wonderful pictures! cows rule... MOOOO!!!

by Anonymous Visitor, 02 Nov 2007

They should Rebell!

Cows rock and i think they shouldnt be treated unfairly!
They should rebell and take over the world :)

by Anonymous Visitor, 06 Nov 2007

nice photos

some of this pics r good for designin ^^

by Anonymous Visitor, 08 Nov 2007

cows are goregous

i love all animals but cows are the best the are so neat an gentle and their huge eyes i gave up eating meat after my parents sent my cow to the works this year i worked on a dairy farm so cruel but i didnt let any calves go on the bobby truck i got homes for them all.

by Anonymous Visitor, 24 Dec 2007

I luv cows 2!!!!!!

Cows are such gentle natured, and each have different personalities. They are very genuine and so kind. Us humans should learn from them!!!!
I hate (and do not understand) how the insult 'you're a cow' came about, as these creatures are anything BUT humans at their worst (p****d off.) lol this is me saying what I think about cows. I LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!! tehe and very nice picz btw, well done to all of you for expressing opinions on these animals. They need to be recognised as more than meat. :)

by Anonymous Visitor, 26 Dec 2007

Cows are awesome !

Your pictures are great! Cows are fantastic animals! They're so calm and kind-looking, and they have beautiful eyes...
I love being around them and talking to them... (I'm very talkative, and they're the only ones that listen without getting bored!)

by Anonymous Visitor, 22 Jan 2008

cows rock!! :)

Cows have been my favorite for ever. I collect tons of cow stuff and my friends always give me cow things.I think cows are the coolest animals, and are so cute.

by Anonymous Visitor, 04 Mar 2008

Stop cruelty to animals

Animals too have a right to live.....just like we do. They were created just like we were. Why ppl kill for food? Being frm India I believe a lot in Karma....I'm sure ppl who treat animals with cruelty are going to be reborn as animals, with the same cruelty metted out to them. An animal, unless fierce and junglee, would never kill humans for food. They always reciprocate the love and kindness we shower them with. But look at what we humans do to them, inspite of being knowledgable and aware. May God enlighten such ppl.

by Anonymous Visitor, 06 Apr 2008

Funny and Smart Cows

We have three beef cows... Brisket, Burger, and T-bone. Our cows are as gentle as puppy dogs. Burger is a really smart cow and knows how to open the bag of pellets. He also knows how to pick up a bucket by the handle!!!

by Anonymous Visitor, 02 Nov 2008

cow are great

i love cows they are nice to work with, they are just like humanes just not as crull,i was once told that cows are four hoof drive all turane forage harvisting machines. nothing is more enjoyibl or relaxing then watching cows on pasture.    rob adams

by Anonymous Visitor, 07 Nov 2008

Why should people stop harming cows?

I'm going to tell you why people should stop harming cows.So let's get started.

I think people should stop harming cows because eating a cow would be like eating you,stealing a cows milk would be like stealing all the food you have,and wearing a cows fur would be like wearing you.I hope my message has changed your wat about cows. How they are NOT apart of the food group/chain.

This is why I think people should STOP harming cows in any way.

By,Taylor M. Scott

by Anonymous Visitor, 30 Nov 2008

Bulls

Why do these "cows" have horns? I know there are types of bovines that both sexes have horns, but otherwise any bovine that has horns is a bull...not a cow.

by Anonymous Visitor, 03 Feb 2009

:)

:O  OMFG i love your site so much!!! i want a cow in my back yard :D or my living room?

by Anonymous Visitor, 09 Feb 2009

I love cows too!

I love their big beautiful brown eyes, and their gentle hearts. I love wrapping my arms around their necks! I fight for animals rights.

by Anonymous Visitor, 08 Mar 2009

I love cows and I show it!

I love cows, I have a big collection of cow stuff at home. I would love to have one for real... but that's another story. As a graphic designers they are also a great inspiration for design, so I created a few:

http://www.zecowz.com

Cows rock!

by Anonymous Visitor, 16 Apr 2009

BTW

Love the sequel, very fun!

]:-8)

by Anonymous Visitor, 16 Apr 2009

Another Cow Lover :)

Hello! I Love cows too, I live in a Finnish cattle farm, we have altogether about 50 cows and calfs. The breeds are ayshire and holstein-friesan.

And who said all the cows look the same? I remember our every cow's name :) All cows have their own personality - someone is small, someone is big, someone is very friendly, someone is a bit careful, someone likes patting their head, someone likes grooming... But they all are so lovely - I can't get enough of watching their big, friendly eyes or when they are eating the grass outside.

If you want to see cow photos, look at our farm's blog Navetanhajuinen blogi (The Stinking Blog) -> http://navetta.vuodatus.net  (It's for Finnish)

by Anonymous Visitor, 29 Apr 2009

I love cows too

I love cows they are a special creature,i think they are closer related to us then apes. they have the same careturerestics as we do. there is nothing better then to set and watch cows in the field, eating, playing, scapping, hopefully they inherit the planet when were gone

by Anonymous Visitor, 02 Jun 2009

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