Eartags replaced branding for smaller operations. This isn’t like Yellowstone with thousands of cattle. Small ranchers and farmers.
Cattle ID Methods, From Branding to Tagging, tells the story of why.
https://americancattlemen.com/articles/cattle-id-methods-branding-tagging
Hot iron brands have been the standard and legal way to identify ownership of cattle, but many other identification systems are often used for individual identification and herd records – such as freeze branding, ear tags, brisket tags, neck chains with numbers, lip and ear tattoos, horn brands, etc.
https://americancattlemen.com/sites/americancattlemen.com/files/styles/2_1_scale_and_smart_crop_860x430/public/cattleidmethods.jpg?itok=vhB3JvJW
I’m just asking how you know these 150 cows are tagged? The article says they are feral.
If they tagged or branded, they are strays with owners, not ferals. Why is USFS not requiring the owners to remove them? Or are they actively interfering in not allowing known owners to remove their property?
