{"id":1199,"date":"2013-07-10T17:42:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T21:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ugagreenway.wordpress.com\/?p=1199"},"modified":"2023-01-03T15:29:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T20:29:12","slug":"why-do-swiss-cows-wear-bells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/2013\/07\/10\/why-do-swiss-cows-wear-bells\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do Swiss Cows wear bells?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Back home now after a fantastic trip to Europe!&nbsp; I learned so many things about housing, energy and sustainability at the conference and during my travels through France, Switzerland, Germany and Austria.&nbsp; Over the next several months I will continue to share with you the innovative and interesting things I saw and learned during my time in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now for a side note, not necessarily a sustainable idea, but something I pondered on my journey through Switzerland&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Switzerland is a beautiful country, and as we drove through the countryside I couldn&#8217;t help but notice that the cattle grazing on the hillsides all seemed to have a bell hanging around their necks. When we crossed the borders into Austria and Germany I didn&#8217;t see any cows with bells.&nbsp;&nbsp; I found myself wondering why the cattle in Switzerland have bells, but the cattle grazing freely on the hillsides of Germany and Austria do not.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is easy to deduce that a cowbell is a way to keep track of freely roaming livestock, but why didn&#8217;t I see them on other animals or in other countries?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/dscf9405.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4369\" width=\"512\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/dscf9405.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/dscf9405-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/dscf9405-768x479.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption>Cows grazing in Switzerland<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Further research and inquiries revealed that most of the cows in the alps (Germany and Austria included) were probably already on their &#8220;Alps holiday,&#8221; while the ones left behind were the milk cows.&nbsp; At the beginning of the summer cattle are sent to the Alps where they roam about during the summer.&nbsp; At the end of the summer they come down from the Alps and are adorned with fancy necklaces and hats made of flowers. This is called&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newinzurich.com\/2012\/09\/alpabzug-cows-descending-the-mountain-in-elm-engelberg\/\">Alpabzug<\/a>&nbsp;and you will find similar festivals in Germany and Austria.&nbsp;&nbsp; What a fun time to visit! &nbsp;You can learn more about Swiss cows in this interesting article &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/novascotiamiss.hubpages.com\/hub\/Why-Swiss-cows-wear-bells\">Why Swiss cows wear bells<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; by <a href=\"https:\/\/novascotiamiss.hubpages.com\/\">novascotiamiss<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Almabtrieb - Austrian Cattle Drive\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ckVgdAaYdPY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Look for more notes from my European adventures and time at the European Network for Housing Research Conference (ENHR 2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ADDENDUM: I had the opportunity to experience Almabtrieb in Austria, Viehscheid in the Allg\u00e4u region, and Alpabzug in Switzerland. Very cool! <a href=\"https:\/\/ugagreenway.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/21\/thankful-for-cows-with-bells-and-flowers\/\">Read about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/dscf9360.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4370\" width=\"512\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/dscf9360.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/dscf9360-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/dscf9360-768x282.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption>Cowbells<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/dscf9368.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4371\" width=\"512\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/dscf9368.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/dscf9368-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2021\/06\/dscf9368-768x536.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption>Swiss Farm<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2017\/11\/img_2808-670x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3279\" width=\"503\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2017\/11\/img_2808-670x1024.jpg 670w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2017\/11\/img_2808-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2017\/11\/img_2808-768x1173.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2017\/11\/img_2808-1006x1536.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2017\/11\/img_2808-1341x2048.jpg 1341w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2017\/11\/img_2808.jpg 1359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back home now after a fantastic trip to Europe!&nbsp; I learned so many things about housing, energy and sustainability at the conference and during my travels through France, Switzerland, Germany and Austria.&nbsp; Over the next several months I will continue to share with you the innovative and interesting things I saw and learned during my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":351,"featured_media":3794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,67],"tags":[117,121,141,159,201,272,273,275,276,338,349,366,367,406,868,869,872,904,920,929],"class_list":["post-1199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardening-farming","category-travel","tag-alpabzug","tag-alps","tag-austria","tag-bells","tag-cattle","tag-countryside","tag-cow-bells","tag-cowbells","tag-cows","tag-enhr-2013","tag-europe","tag-farming","tag-farms","tag-germany","tag-swiss","tag-swiss-cows","tag-switzerland","tag-travel","tag-uga","tag-university-of-georgia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1199"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4372,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions\/4372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}