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Switzerland is a beautiful country, and as we drove through the countryside I couldn't help but notice that the cattle grazing on the hillsides all seemed to have a bell hanging around their necks. When we crossed the borders into Austria and Germany I didn't see any cows with bells. read more

According to Smithsonian Magazine, Swiss cows wear bells to make it easier to find them in Alpine meadows and when they wander away from the herd. Swiss farmers hang bells around their cows' necks before bringing the cows to higher elevations during summer and lower elevations for the snowy season. read more

Cattle in many parts of the world have bells tied to them to track them in case they start roaming away from their herd. In Switzerland it called a Trychel, in Germany it is Almglocke and in England it is called the Cowbell. read more

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