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Beautiful, cosmopolitan, sometimes decked out with a bell around the neck, this mixed-race straight from the mountains of Switzerland appears as a real cow Epinal, uh, Simmental!
Story of a cow in full revival
The French Simmental, part of widespread population “red pie” of mountains, is originally from Switzerland but is high in the east of France long ago. The Herd Book (genealogical record) was created in 1930 in Dijon, under the name “Red Spotted in the East”. The race then experienced a meteoric rise, and gained a dominant position in France. However, from the 1960s, it saw its workforce drop dramatically despite its name change to “Pie Rouge de l’Est”. Concerned, the abandonment of mixed race in favor of beefing or specialized dairy breeds. Read the rest of this entry »
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