NENDAZ, Switzerland (Reuters) - The soft sounds of hundreds of wooden Swiss alpine horns filled the valley below Switzerland's Mount Tracouet on Sunday, as the world's largest festival of its kind ...

GRIMENTZ, Switzerland — Furie and Cigale eye each other warily, take a step forward and lock horns. It’s an ancient ritual, one that plays out each summer high in the Swiss Alps, as cows battle to 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 ...

Non-farmers (or really anyone who doesn’t deal with the issue) may not realize that dehorning cattle is not like trimming a fingernail. Armin Capaul, a small-scale rancher and farmer, initiated a ...

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

Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a national referendum on a cattle farmer's proposal to have the government subsidize herders of goats and cows if they let their animals keep their horns, official ...

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a national referendum on a cattle farmer's proposal to have the government subsidize herders of goats and cows if they let their animals keep their horns, ...

ZURICH—Swiss voters have been asked over the years to consider weighty matters such as immigration restrictions, assisted suicide and taxes. On Sunday, they will decide on an entirely different breed ...