> It is indeed folly to assume that cattle have no identity.

My dad had a book over almost all the cow names in Norway[1], per 1988. As a kid I found it rather fun to just flip through it and read some names, often wondering how they came up with them.

However since then it seems the tradition of naming cattle has dropped[2] to less than 30%.

[1]: "Gullhorn og dei andre : kunamn i Noreg" https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010111708049

[2]: https://www.nrk.no/nordland/kyrne-far-ikke-lenger-navn-1.835...