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@Miso: Thanks, Miso!

@Sriram: Thanks, Sriram! The ear tags are obliged by the European Community and intended to trace back diseases. This young cow will spend her life as milk cow. I regret the use of ear tags but the mass consumption of dairy and meat urge us to use them, alas!

@MaryB: She will be for the butcher after a good life as a milk cow. I also regrety the ear tags, they are obliged by the European Community and intended to trace back diseases. The mass consumption of dairy and meat urge us to use them, alas!

@Wolfgang Prigge: Thanks Wolfgang, glad you returned again, I hope you enjoyed your European trip and will post a picture or so. Formerly we had "cattle drawers" who made drawings of every individual cow with her dark and light pattern so that she could be identified. Now we have these tags. The ear tags are obliged by the European Community and intended to trace back diseases. This young cow will spend her life as milk cow. I regret the use of ear tags but the mass consumption of dairy and meat urge us to use them, alas!

@rainsocks: Thanks Rainsocks! (BTW I cycled today through a heavy rain shower with my rainsuit put on, only my ankles were unprotected, so I remember this when I read your name :-)). The ear tags are obliged by the European Community and intended to trace back diseases. This young cow will spend her life as milk cow. I regret the use of ear tags but the mass consumption of dairy and meat urge us to use them, alas!

@Shutterbug: Thanks you, Shutterbug! We see cows as cattle, not as holy creatures, although we respect if other people see them as holy. After all it's better to consider cows as holy, than cars, like we do, these vehicles threaten the world climate and cost many deads and wounded in traffic.

@Rabbit: Rabbit I agree. See my responses to the other comments.

@sandrine: It's an adolescent cow, her horns are starting to grow and will be removed soon (I don't know why). The tags are more or less like the brands the cowboys marked their cattle with. The ear tags are obliged by the European Community and intended to trace back diseases. This young cow will spend her life as milk cow. I regret the use of ear tags but the mass consumption of dairy and meat urge us to use them, alas!