Raising cattle is a lot of work. You have to weigh them regularly, apply treatments for intestinal worms, for lice, move them from pasture to pasture so they do

Raising cattle is a lot of work. You have to weigh them regularly, apply treatments for intestinal worms, for lice, move them from pasture to pasture so they don't overgraze. It's a fulltime job. Also if a cow dies, people don't just buy a new one. It represents quite a loss of profit. Also represents a big potential problem on the farm that people will want to resolve - they're you're money makers, if they're dying it's an issue.