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The ties and emotional links between breeders and their animals reveal a very lively collective ethnocultural memory. One notes a strong relationship between breeders, their animals and their territory that shows specific forms of stock farming and regional identity. Through the breeder's family and the cow's genealogy a fascinating cultural richness emerges that transcends cattle breeding per se.
Switzerland, Valais (canton of Switzerland), Cow-breed, Fighting cows, Cattle breeding, Breeders, Regional identity, Genealogic affiliation, Ethnoculture, Cultural aspects, Collective memory, Orally expressed tradition.