I like Black as a color for cattle. First, I don't want to be called a Bovine Racist. Second, I like black cattle. Period. I have always been in love with hunting Cape Buffalo. Inyati is the Matabele word for Cape Buffalo. I hunted Cape Buffalo twice in Zimbabwe. Both times the Professional Hunter practically guaranteed me he would not go down with one shot. I was hunting in Chewore with Con van Wyk (famous for his range reputation during the Rhodesia War). Con said they never go down on the first shot. He was particularly concerned because I was using the minimum caliber, .375 H&H. Bull was facing me head on at about 80 yards. Shot off hand. Bullet took the bull right on the bridge of the nose, carried forward and took out a couple cervical vertebra. Went down where he stood like his legs disappeared. Shot my second buffalo in the Wankie area with Lion Dens. Same story. This time I took a side neck shot at about 45 yards in thick mopane and again, took out the spinal cord.
Inyati are black. And when you see them moving through mopane scrubs on the savanah of Africa, you just know that a Bovine is suppose to be Black. BTW, if you study wild cattle species, guess what color they are? To each his own, but Bovines are suppose to be black. But really, why does anyone care what color someone else wants their cattle to be? Isn't it really about performance. I just happen to think that a Black cow with white on the face is gorgeous.
PS Just wanted to check myself. Black is the dominant color of wild cattle. Water buffalo, cape buffalo, Gaur, Banteng, Kouprey, Auroch, Anoa, and Tamaran are all predominantly dark or black.