Brute 23 said:
I kind of hate to see this. A lot of people have already bred the survival nature out of their cattle. This just seems like a scoring system that will push that over the edge. This is one step closer to making cattle pets rather than livestock IMO.
Majority of livestock would not be able to survive without human care. They are not bison. I knew one guy that lived down a remote stretch of road, bordering swampland and let cattle fend for themselves for decades. Cows lived in 100's of acres of swamp forest in winter, living on whatever they could find. Fella lived in a tin shanty house. The few cows that did survive rarely raised a live calf, maybe one in 10. No outside genetics, so lots of heavy inbreeding. When they were rounded up and sold for slaughter, the mature cows and bulls weighed in around the 900 lb mark. They had all kind of survival instinct, buy they were worth about .25 on dollar because they were stunted and miserable. Feedlot buyers don't want high-strung cattle.
That being said, I much prefer to view cattle standing straight up rather than in a stretcher and neck brace.
