Could there be fewer cowbells in Switzerland? A recent study suggesting that cowbells worn by Swiss cows could hurt their hearing has raised calls to end the time-honored tradition of tinkling bovines ...

Switzerland has banned on imports of breeding cattle while it waits for measures to safeguard against mad cow disease, agriculture officials have said. Spokesman Rudolf Michlig said imports would be ...

CHESEAUX-NOREAZ, Switzerland >> As a hollow cowbell echoes through a rolling, misty Swiss countryside, cattle herder Armin Capaul smiles and cracks wise about the feat he’s pulled off: Using the ...

Cows injured during their summer sojourn in the high Swiss Alpine meadows got a jump on their healthier herdmates on August 27 when they got helicopter rides down the mountain. Reuters A dozen injured ...

ZOLLIKOFEN, Switzerland — When Christian Oesch was a boy on his family’s hog farm, cellphones were a thing of the future. Now, Oesch tends a herd of dairy cattle and carries a smartphone wherever he ...

URNAESCH, Switzerland (AP) — First, the sound of cowbells and yodeling. Then the guests emerge from the green hills: Swiss brown cows with bells as big as their heads, accompanied by little white ...

PERREFITTE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Switzerland votes this Sunday on an issue of national importance that has divided the Alpine country - whether to subsidize farmers who let their cows' and goats' ...