Cattle towns, fairs and pastures
184 places where cattle are bred, traded, shown and honoured, with a trail idea for each.
South Asia
Cattle town, Pakistan, 2 breedsSindhCattle town, Pakistan, 2 breedsTharparkar DistrictCattle town, India, 1 breedAgarCattle town, India, 1 breedArunachal PradeshCattle town, India, 1 breedBalaghat districtCattle town, India, 1 breedBanahalliCattle town, India, 1 breedBargurCattle town, India, 1 breedBarwaniCattle town, India, 1 breedBelagaviCattle town, India, 1 breedBijapurCattle town, India, 1 breedBikanerCattle town, India, 1 breedChikkamangaloreCattle town, Bangladesh, 1 breedChittagong DistrictCattle town, India, 1 breedCoimbatoreCattle town, India, 1 breedDarbhangaCattle town, India, 1 breedDeoniA small Marathwada town in Latur district that gives its name to the Deoni, a spotted dual-purpose breed of the Deccan.Cattle town, India, 1 breedDharwadCattle town, India, 1 breedGanganagarCattle town, India, 1 breedGujaratCattle town, India, 1 breedHardaCattle town, India, 1 breedHissarCattle town, India, 1 breedJaisalmerCattle town, India, 1 breedJalgaonCattle town, India, 1 breedJhajjarCattle town, India, 1 breedJindCattle town, India, 1 breedKangeyamCattle town, India, 1 breedKarnalCattle town, India, 1 breedKhandwaCattle town, India, 1 breedKhargoneCattle town, India, 1 breedKolhapurCattle town, India, 1 breedKurukshetraCattle town, Pakistan, 1 breedLas BelaCattle town, India, 1 breedLunkaransarCattle town, India, 1 breedMadhubaniCattle town, India, 1 breedMangaloreCattle town, India, 1 breedMedziphemaCattle town, Pakistan, 1 breedMehrgarhCattle town, India, 1 breedMysoreCattle town, India, 1 breedNagalandCattle town, India, 1 breedNagapattinamCattle town, India, 1 breedOngoleThe coastal Andhra town behind the Ongole bull, the great white zebu that became the Nelore of Brazil.Cattle town, India, 1 breedPonwarCattle town, India, 1 breedPunganurA town in Chittoor district that gives its name to one of the smallest cattle breeds in the world.Cattle town, India, 1 breedRajnandgaon districtCattle town, India, 1 breedRamanagara districtCattle town, India, 1 breedRohtakCattle town, Pakistan, 1 breedSahiwal DistrictCattle town, India, 1 breedSangliCattle town, India, 1 breedSataraCattle town, India, 1 breedShimogaCattle town, India, 1 breedSitamarhiCattle town, India, 1 breedThanjavurCattle town, India, 1 breedTiruvarurCattle town, India, 1 breedTumkur districtCattle town, India, 1 breedUdupiCattle town, India, 1 breedUttara KannadaCattle town, India, 1 breedVechoorCattle town, India, 1 breedWardha districtCattle town, IndiaAlanganallurA village near Madurai whose jallikattu, held during Pongal, is the best known of Tamil Nadu's bull-taming events.Cattle town, IndiaAlwar districtCattle town, IndiaBelgaumCattle town, IndiaHisarA Haryana city whose government livestock farm, dating from 1809, helped shape the Hariana breed of the northern plains.Cattle town, IndiaJunagadh and the Gir forestThe homeland of the Gir cow in Saurashtra, where Maldhari herders keep cattle inside the last forest of the Asiatic lion.Cattle town, IndiaKandharCattle town, IndiaKangayamA Kongu town that gives its name to the Kangayam bull, bred on fenced grass pastures and traded at a famous spring fair.Cattle town, PakistanSahiwalThe Punjab district that gave its name to the Sahiwal, perhaps the best milk zebu, close to the ruins of Harappa.Cattle town, IndiaSolapurCattle town, IndiaTamil NaduCattle town, IndiaTumakuru and the Hallikar countryThe dry country north-west of Bengaluru where the Hallikar, mother of the Mysore draught breeds, is still bred and traded.Cattle town, IndiaVechoorA village by Vembanad Lake whose tiny cattle, nearly lost in the 1980s, were saved by a university conservation programme.Cattle town, IndiaZiro and the mithun hillsA high valley in Arunachal Pradesh where the mithun, a domestic form of the gaur, roams the forest and carries great social weight.
East Asia
Cattle town, South Korea, 1 breedHoengseong CountyCattle town, Japan, 1 breedHokkaidoCattle town, South KoreaHoengseongA mountain county in Gangwon known across Korea for Hanwoo beef and an autumn festival in its honour.Cattle town, JapanKagoshima PrefectureCattle town, JapanMiyazaki PrefectureCattle town, JapanShiga Prefecture
Europe
Cattle town, United Kingdom, 2 breedsGallowayCattle town, Austria, 2 breedsTyrolCattle town, France, 1 breedAbondanceCattle town, United States, 1 breedAlbanyCattle town, Italy, 1 breedAosta ValleyCattle town, France, 1 breedAquitaineCattle town, Italy, 1 breedArezzoCattle town, United Kingdom, 1 breedAyrshireCattle town, Hungary, 1 breedBács-KiskunCattle town, Switzerland, 1 breedBernese OberlandCattle town, Italy, 1 breedBruneckCattle town, Switzerland, 1 breedBünzenCattle town, France, 1 breedCantalCattle town, France, 1 breedCharollesCattle town, Ireland, 1 breedCounty KerryCattle town, United Kingdom, 1 breedCunninghamCattle town, United Kingdom, 1 breedDishleyCattle town, France, 1 breedDoubsCattle town, United Kingdom, 1 breedDunlopCattle town, United Kingdom, 1 breedDurhamCattle town, Germany, 1 breedEast FrisiaCattle town, Germany, 1 breedGarmisch-PartenkirchenCattle town, Italy, 1 breedGuarene d'AlbaCattle town, Hungary, 1 breedHajdú-BiharCattle town, France, 1 breedHaute-SavoieCattle town, United Kingdom, 1 breedHerefordshireCattle town, Australia, 1 breedHighfieldsCattle town, Norway, 1 breedKviteseidCattle town, France, 1 breedMontbéliardCattle town, France, 1 breedMunsterCattle town, Germany, 1 breedMurnauCattle town, France, 1 breedNormandyCattle town, Spain, 1 breedOlelasCattle town, Italy, 1 breedPiedmontCattle town, Portugal, 1 breedPraia da VitóriaCattle town, Switzerland, 1 breedSchwyzCattle town, Romania, 1 breedSfântu GheorgheCattle town, Italy, 1 breedSienaCattle town, Sweden, 1 breedSkepplandaCattle town, Germany, 1 breedSoestCattle town, Austria, 1 breedTuxCattle town, Switzerland, 1 breedValaisCattle town, Sweden, 1 breedVänersborg MunicipalityCattle town, Sweden, 1 breedVäne-RyrCattle town, Hungary, 1 breedVeszprémCattle town, Italy, 1 breedVetuloniaCattle town, Portugal, 1 breedVila Real DistrictCattle town, United KingdomAberdeenshireCattle town, United KingdomAlford and the Aberdeen AngusAn Aberdeenshire village with a bronze statue of an Aberdeen Angus bull, close to the farm where the breed was shaped.Cattle town, PortugalAmaranteCattle town, GermanyAngelnCattle town, United KingdomAngusCattle town, PortugalAroucaCattle town, SpainAsturiasCattle town, United KingdomBanffCattle town, United KingdomBrightonCattle town, PortugalCastelo de PaivaCattle town, United KingdomCastle Douglas and GallowayA market town in south-west Scotland, at the heart of the country of the shaggy black Galloway and the Belted Galloway.Cattle town, PortugalCastro DaireCattle town, FranceCharolles and the BrionnaisThe Burgundy town that gave its name to the white Charolais, with a weekly cattle market at Saint-Christophe-en-Brionnais.Cattle town, FranceCholetCattle town, PortugalCinfãesCattle town, FranceCorrèzeCattle town, United KingdomCumberlandCattle town, United KingdomDarlington and the ShorthornThe Tees valley country where the Colling brothers bred the Shorthorn, and where the first cattle herd book was compiled.Cattle town, United KingdomDishley and Robert BakewellThe Leicestershire farm where Robert Bakewell pioneered selective breeding in the eighteenth century, starting with Longhorn cattle.Cattle town, PolandEast PrussiaCattle town, FranceFoixCattle town, United KingdomJerseyThe Channel Island whose small fawn cows, kept pure by a ban on cattle imports since 1789, are now milked around the world.Cattle town, United KingdomKincardineCattle town, GreeceKnossosThe Bronze Age palace in Crete whose frescoes show young people leaping over charging bulls.Cattle town, FranceLaguioleCattle town, FranceLa MarcheCattle town, FranceLascaux and MontignacA cave in the Vézère valley whose Hall of the Bulls holds paintings of aurochs some 17,000 years old.Cattle town, FranceLimousinCattle town, United KingdomLlandoveryCattle town, United KingdomLlansawelCattle town, United KingdomLlanybydderCattle town, SpainLugoCattle town, SpainLumbierCattle town, PortugalMiranda do DouroCattle town, United KingdomNeath Port TalbotCattle town, FranceParthenayCattle town, PortugalResendeCattle town, NorwayRørosCattle town, FranceSaint-GironsCattle town, FranceSalersA stone town in the volcanic Cantal that gives its name to mahogany-red cattle and to a cheese made only on summer pasture.Cattle town, United KingdomSedlescombeCattle town, FranceTarbesCattle town, PortugalTerceiraAn island of the Azores, green with dairy pasture, where bulls on long ropes are run through the streets in summer.Cattle town, NorwayTromsøCattle town, SpainTudancaCattle town, PortugalVale de Cambra