#bovinekin

[wanderingcritter]

I felt the first twinge of migratory instincts yesterday.

There wasn't anything particularly significant about the day. It was a bit warmer than it had been the previous week, the temperature jumping from low 30s up into mid 50s. It was drizzling and most of the snow has melted by now, but one could hardly say it was spring weather just yet. But regardless, some voice inside me started its quiet whisper "it's time to get going".

Ive had these instincts for years now, long before I ever realized I was a therian, much less a wildebeest specifically. They've grown more intense as I've gotten older, as is the case with most of my alterhuman tendencies, though they've become less overwhelming since Ive graduated high school and haven't been cooped up inside 7 hours a day.

Biological wildebeest are kind of constantly on the move, always following the rains, though the real spectacle of their travel actually does begin around this time of year, although season-wise it's nearly autumn for them rather than the start of spring like it is for us up here. They begin to migrate northwest, but interestingly my instinct always, without fail, guides me southeast, down towards Florida. I guess in some way that makes sense, we're both heading towards the same general region just with different starting points.

As spring blooms further here in the U.S, I know my instincts will get stronger and stronger, they always do. I'll crave the travel to warmer, wetter climates, encouraged by downpours and claps of thunder in the distance. My soul will scream at me to pack a small bag and just start walking, I never want to travel exclusively by car or plane, walking is what feels most natural. Trekking alongside what should be thousands and thousands of others who look, feel, and sound exactly like me, lost in a faceless herd.

It's beyond frustrating to long for a nomadic lifestyle in a society that all but demands a sedentary one. School, jobs, relationships, none of those things are built to properly survive a season of walking/hitchhiking across the country, at least not without serious fore-planning. Maybe one day I'll make it happen, hopefully I will, but it likely wont be for many years. I have too much going on right now. Until then I'll continue wishing I could just drop everything and head southeast the second I hear that whisper.

[puppymomokinblog]

guys I love cows and horses so much if you're a cow kin or horse kin or hoofkin whatever just know I love. you. so. much. moo neigh baaaa!

[angstydevil]

1. what type of dirt would your kintype eat?

I'm bovine and sheep kin

I'd eat soil grazing and I'd lick the ground if I ran out of plants

I think I'd be more into wet dirt

[marewithfangs]

run free, run forever

[dairycowkin]

Cowkin Call!

Hello! I am a Holstein friesian dairy calf and I am looking for others with similar memories to me (Or just want a cow friend!)

If you remember being in a place much like a dairy farm and the calves were all kept together in large groups before being killed for veal please message me! It was much like the photos below (I don't own them)

I was a black and white calf with a white streak down the face (like the middle one in the first photo) I remember having best friends! I'm looking to meet them or my mother again.

[all-kin-haven]

[ Highland Cow w/ red coat for anon + foggy mountains ]

[sadlymistakin]

Genocide is a pretty strong when it comes to beef consumption, especially since modern domestic forms of bovines only exist because of humans.

I won’t get into the long history of domestication of different species and how it resulted in modern breeds today, but it basically boils down to humans breeding wild animals over generations until they evolve to be both accustomed to human beings and have traits useful to humanity. Cows, I presume, were bred to have more meat, give more milk, and be less aggressive. It is this long process that allowed the human species to make the vital transition from a nomadic hunter/gatherer model to an agricultural model, which was a very important transition for humans. Modern dairy cows, horses, sheep, and the tons of varieties included therein did not exist before domestication.

Now, just because humans created an animal does that mean they get to do whatever they want with it? Of course not. Domestication by humans produced modern breeds of dog, and yet we’ll still arrest people for beating or neglecting their dogs. And there are tons of perfectly valid concerns about inhumane treatment in the food industry.

But speaking of genocide of a species that  is being looked after and kept in high numbers by humans is frankly nonsense.

And finally, cows aren’t killed to receive milk, and I feel like that’s common knowledge, so I’m not sure what you’re referring to here? Leaving a cow unmilked is very unhealthy for the animal, and many cows express impatience through stamping, blowing, or other behavior if their milkers can’t get to them fast enough. 

[cowkin]

The cover of my favorite notebook

[kin-gifts]

Bovine Notepads made from Poopoo Paper, $18.99

This paper is made from the fiber found in cow poop, making it an extremely environmentally friendly alternative to killing trees. I highly recommend this for this reason!

[dairycowkin]

Reposting this again!

Also yes I'm aware this is on otherkringe. That's okay :)

Cowkin Call!

Hello! I am a Holstein friesian dairy calf and I am looking for others with similar memories to me (Or just want a cow friend!)

If you remember being in a place much like a dairy farm and the calves were all kept together in large groups before being killed for veal please message me! It was much like the photos below (I don't own them)

I was a black and white calf with a white streak down the face (like the middle one in the first photo) I remember having best friends! I'm looking to meet them or my mother again.