PATIO COWS

Raul Hernandez, a Cuban rancher, simply began with a tiny bull, which neighbours had ridiculed because of its size, and mated it with the smallest cows he could find. The patio cows is nearly twice as short and up to four times as light but yet produces more milk than a normal cow. To breed more of such cows, one such operation is Pillard’s miniature cattle ranch in Iowa, which is trying to breed cattle less than 36 inches tall weighing less than 500lb. However, the limitations are inevitable. They have to train local teenagers to take care of the small animals. Moreover, the genetic make-up of the cows will be different, thus it may cause an outbreak of new diseases. In addition, genetic breeding experiments may fail and cause a dire of consequences.