Cow sends SMS (Daily Life and Environment 2013, by Daniel Auf Der Mauer) - Swiss Press Award

Daniel Auf Der Mauer
A cow belonging to farmer Christian Oesch is equipped with the ANEMON system
The New York Times
Photo / Daily Life and Environment
2013
Daniel Auf Der Mauer
Farmer Christian Oesch stands next to one of his cows in the pasture on his farm in Zollikofen near Bern. The cow is equipped with the ANEMON system: a sensor in the cow's uterus measures body temperature, while a second sensor, located in a leather pouch on the neck, measures movement activity. If temperature and movement activity are elevated, the sensors send the farmer a text message to his cell phone, letting him know that his cow is in heat and ready to mate. Photographed on September 18, 2012.
