Title: Why Do We Castrate Bulls? | The Cow Docs
Headings: Why Do We Castrate Bulls?
Why Do We Castrate Bulls?
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Content: They fight to establish dominance and even after the pecking order is determined they will continue to fight to re-assert dominance. At the clinic I’ve worked on many bulls that have been banged up fighting with each other. Sometimes there is no option but to put the animal down. Since we need breeding bulls, this problem cannot be avoided entirely, however, by castrating the non-breeding animals the number of bulls goes from half the calf crop to three or four (or none if the rancher buys all his bulls, which is very common). Since bulls are more likely to have an attitude, bulls are typically more aggressive towards people than steers. The cartoons of the “angry bull” are not totally fiction. By castrating the non-breeding bulls, they have a mellower outlook and are safer to work with. This artistic representation tells us how bulls and humans interact. Another problem with bull calves is when they hit puberty they want to start breeding. This includes their half-sisters.