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Simmental bull

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Simmental bull

Simmentals are large, heavily muscled cattle. This bull, with his typical white face and large eye patch, is a great example. Simmentals are naturally horned, but the horns are usually removed when the animal is young.

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Robert Peden, Beef farming – Exotic cattle breeds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17339/simmental-bull (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.