Out in the Rocky Mtn states they have seasonal cattle and sheep drives through many towns, moving herds from Summer grazing to Winter enclosure.
People think nothing of it.
For many a year I lived in house that backed onto a river system. Behind us was the river but also a sloping field. Down the road from our suburban subdivision was a horse stable/farm and they would let the horses out each day and they would come and graze in the field behind our place. We also had an access path beside our house. Once in a blue moon the horses would decide to explore a bit more and they would come up the path and graze on our front lawn. I and the horse farm are long gone from there now but I still have some old pictures I took of them munching on our lawn. We’d call the farm and some hands would come around and scoot them home eventually.
LONG TIME RANCHERS move a herd To /FROM Smith Valley, Nevada & Twin Lakes, Calif.
EVERY YEAR.
HAVE done so for a VERY LONG TIME.