{"title":"Why we should consider cattle partners","authors":"Anna Clare Monlezun","doi":"10.1016/j.rala.2022.10.001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p></p><ul><li><span>•</span><span><p>Other worldviews offer alternative ways of thinking and being in relation to food animals.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>Embracing complexities in our relationship with cattle could be a starting point for resolving common, and sometimes contentious paradoxes in our industry.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>Heart-centered connections we have with food animals are somehow taboo and left out of our research, professional conversations, and communication with broader society.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>Shifting our language around cattle to consider them “partners” could be transformative.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>Our work may benefit from intentionality, humility, and acknowledgement of our symbiosis with cattle and the natural world.</p></span></li></ul></div>","PeriodicalId":101057,"journal":{"name":"Rangelands","volume":"45 1","pages":"Pages 12-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Rangelands","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019005282200089X","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Other worldviews offer alternative ways of thinking and being in relation to food animals.
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Embracing complexities in our relationship with cattle could be a starting point for resolving common, and sometimes contentious paradoxes in our industry.
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Heart-centered connections we have with food animals are somehow taboo and left out of our research, professional conversations, and communication with broader society.
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Shifting our language around cattle to consider them “partners” could be transformative.
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Our work may benefit from intentionality, humility, and acknowledgement of our symbiosis with cattle and the natural world.