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Cattle towns, fairs and pastures

34 places where cattle are bred, traded, shown and honoured, with a trail idea for each.

Cattle townFair or marketPastureRanch countrySanctuary or reserveCity
KindAllCattle townFair or marketPastureRanch countrySanctuary or reserveCity

South Asia

Sanctuary or reserve, IndiaBangaloreSanctuary or reserve, IndiaVrindavan and the Braj gaushalasThe country of Krishna the cowherd, where gaushalas care for thousands of cows and Govardhan Puja is kept after Diwali.

Southeast Asia

Sanctuary or reserve, Australia, 1 breedCobourg PeninsulaSanctuary or reserve, CambodiaAngkor WatSanctuary or reserve, IndonesiaBaluranA national park at Java's eastern tip, where wild banteng graze open savanna under the slopes of an old volcano.

East Asia

Sanctuary or reserve, JapanMishimaA small island in the Sea of Japan whose native black cattle, never crossed with foreign breeds, are a national natural monument.

Sub-Saharan Africa

Sanctuary or reserve, RwandaNyanza and the royal InyamboThe old royal capital of Rwanda, where a palace museum keeps a herd of long-horned Inyambo cattle that are sung to by their keepers.

Europe

Sanctuary or reserve, Hungary, 2 breedsHortobágy National ParkSanctuary or reserve, Spain, 1 breedBaixa Limia-Serra do XurésSanctuary or reserve, Spain, 1 breedCampanarios de AzabaSanctuary or reserve, Portugal, 1 breedFaia BravaSanctuary or reserve, Ireland, 1 breedFarmleighSanctuary or reserve, Germany, 1 breedGrubenfelder LeonieSanctuary or reserve, Poland, 1 breedJaktorówA village west of Warsaw where the last known aurochs, a cow, died in the royal forest in 1627.Sanctuary or reserve, Netherlands, 1 breedKeent Nature ReserveSanctuary or reserve, Germany, 1 breedLippeaueSanctuary or reserve, Czech Republic, 1 breedMilovice Nature ReserveSanctuary or reserve, Germany, 1 breedNesseaueSanctuary or reserve, Netherlands, 1 breedOostvaardersplassenA nature reserve on reclaimed land where Heck cattle, Konik horses and red deer graze without human feeding, a much-debated experiment.Sanctuary or reserve, Latvia, 1 breedPape Nature ReserveSanctuary or reserve, Portugal, 1 breedPeneda-Gerês National ParkSanctuary or reserve, UkraineAskania-NovaA steppe reserve in southern Ukraine, founded in 1898, that has long kept the grey cattle of the Ukrainian steppe.Sanctuary or reserve, SwedenBorlängeSanctuary or reserve, United KingdomChillingham ParkA walled park in Northumberland where a herd of white cattle has lived wild, unhandled and unmixed, for centuries.Sanctuary or reserve, United KingdomDinefwr ParkA Welsh parkland where white cattle with black ears and muzzles have been tied to the estate for many centuries.Sanctuary or reserve, IrelandKillarney and the Kerry cowA national park in south-west Ireland that keeps a herd of Kerry cattle, one of the oldest dairy breeds in Europe.Sanctuary or reserve, United KingdomMargam Country ParkSanctuary or reserve, FranceParc naturel régional de CamargueSanctuary or reserve, United KingdomPetworth ParkSanctuary or reserve, SpainSastoia

North America

Sanctuary or reserve, United States, 1 breedGrand Canyon National ParkSanctuary or reserve, United States, 1 breedWichita Mountains Wildlife RefugeA federal refuge in south-west Oklahoma that has kept a herd of Texas Longhorns since 1927, when the breed was nearly lost.Sanctuary or reserve, United StatesPaynes PrairieA Florida state preserve that keeps a herd of Florida Cracker cattle, descendants of the cattle brought by Spanish settlers.

Oceania

Sanctuary or reserve, New ZealandEnderby IslandA sub-Antarctic island where cattle lived wild for nearly a century, until the last survivors were rescued and the breed was saved by cloning.

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