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Anti Avalanche Cows
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Lech are to use Highland cows to help prevent avalanches.

The article reports on brush removal, but I suspect the benefit is actually in consolidation and compaction of the snowpack from the cattle's hooves. It'll be interesting to see if there's any demonstrable benefit.

http://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/ski-resort-uses-highland-cows-to-stop-avalanches-1-3258740
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Should the cattle wear helmets?
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

Looks like a big avalanche poodle with horns.
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Did someone call for a horny avalanche poodle?
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feef, I saw this reported earlier and commented then that grazing cows on the slopes is hardly new - happens all over the Alps. Despite the picture of the cow in the snow, the article makes it clear that they spend the winter indoors (they'd be a collision hazard on the slopes in winter, quite apart from the fact that there'd be nothing for them to eat). Practically all the pistes in our area are pastures in summer and it's hard to believe that highland cattle are any different than the usual cows round here (Abondance, Tarine) in terms of their ability to tread the ground. A peculiar story.
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pam w, Fair point.. I think the timing of the article is such that it suggests more than it actually is. As you say, it's not unusual to have cattle grazing on the slopes that we end up skiing on.
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Couldn't we combine the two?


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