Cow(ing) trends

Cuddling with cows, yoga with goats: unnecessary hype?

Cuddling with a cow is said to relieve stress in humans. Prices range from 30 to over 100 euros.

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Cow cuddling, goat and puppy yoga: activities involving animals are becoming more and more trendy, not least thanks to social media. We clarify whether cuddling with cows is a marketing stunt or whether it may already be practised in Tyrol. And we ask how the animals involved are doing.

30 euros in a group, sometimes over 100 euros privately - but for an hour of cuddling with a cow! Gentle eyes, big ears and supposedly a great remedy for stress - that's what's popular on social media. Such advertising usually comes from Germany. If you look in Tyrol, you won't find it. "I haven't heard of it," says Christian Moser from Rinderzucht Tirol. And: "I don't know whether a cow likes to cuddle for an hour," he doubts.