Bizarre as the idea of a permanent stomach magnet may be, it’s very necessary. One report, from the 1990s, found that 55 to 75 percent of all slaughtered cows had hardware in their stomachs.

Known as cow magnets, the devices are placed inside cattle to deal with "hardware disease", or traumatic reticuloperitonitis. Cows, like myself at an all-you-can-eat buffet, can often take large ...

Ingesting magnets can lead to internal organ damage , sometimes requiring surgery, but feeding magnets to domestic cattle is recommended for their health. Classification of foreign bodies in the ...

The first Cow Parade occurred in Zurich, Switzerland in 1998, and arrived in America in 1999 with a show in Chicago. Since then dozens of parades have taken place around the world, and over 2500 ...

Magnets are being used by a Devon farmer to protect his cows. Disused Chinese lanterns, nails and wire fencing are responsible for causing the deaths of a number of cattle.