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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1567449" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Are dairy breed bulls inherently more dangerous than beef breeds? I'm not sure... Would they be that bad if they were raised on their dams, out in the pasture - like our beef bulls? IDK.</p><p>But... they're not. They're removed from dam on Day One, hand-reared by humans, so they have little fear/respect of us, and are often kept isolated from other cattle - except maybe other young bulls - and only have exposure to humans, which, once they reach maturity and the testosterone begins surging, they regard as rivals/challengers. No person is a match for 800-2400 pounds of furious, testosterone-fueled bone and muscle. </p><p>We see similar dangerous behavior in hand-reared llamas - referred to as 'berserk male syndrome' - and in hand-reared stallions. They're TOO familiar with humans, and have no fear/respect of them... regarding them as rivals or herdmates to be subjugated. </p><p>The Spanish/Mexican fighting bulls (de Lidia) are selectively bred for aggressiveness - even the females have selection pressure placed upon them for the propensity to fight rather than run away. Docility has not been purposely selected for in breeding dairy cattle for many years... milk &/or component production is the goal... and generally, dairy cows are not so aggressively dangerous as the bulls. </p><p>Availability of AI has greatly diminished the incidence of dairy farmer deaths, at least on this continent, from encounters with bulls... but it still happens far too frequently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1567449, member: 12607"] Are dairy breed bulls inherently more dangerous than beef breeds? I'm not sure... Would they be that bad if they were raised on their dams, out in the pasture - like our beef bulls? IDK. But... they're not. They're removed from dam on Day One, hand-reared by humans, so they have little fear/respect of us, and are often kept isolated from other cattle - except maybe other young bulls - and only have exposure to humans, which, once they reach maturity and the testosterone begins surging, they regard as rivals/challengers. No person is a match for 800-2400 pounds of furious, testosterone-fueled bone and muscle. We see similar dangerous behavior in hand-reared llamas - referred to as 'berserk male syndrome' - and in hand-reared stallions. They're TOO familiar with humans, and have no fear/respect of them... regarding them as rivals or herdmates to be subjugated. The Spanish/Mexican fighting bulls (de Lidia) are selectively bred for aggressiveness - even the females have selection pressure placed upon them for the propensity to fight rather than run away. Docility has not been purposely selected for in breeding dairy cattle for many years... milk &/or component production is the goal... and generally, dairy cows are not so aggressively dangerous as the bulls. Availability of AI has greatly diminished the incidence of dairy farmer deaths, at least on this continent, from encounters with bulls... but it still happens far too frequently. [/QUOTE]
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