Doris Ecker News Today

Cattle may seem like a simultaneously mundane and esoteric topic, but when I was researching for this list, I found it eye opening to consider how each of these issues is a commentary on us as humans. I recently read a book called Cow: A Bovine Biography by Florian Werner (translated from German by Doris Ecker), which shows how the symbiotic relationship between cattle and humans has led to the cow’s becoming embedded in various facets of our culture, including literature, music, and visua...