Farmer Attaches Virtual Reality Goggles to Cow, Buys 10 More After Seeing Huge Change: Report
Following the theory that happy cows produce more milk, a new report some might find hard to swallow says that one Turkish farmer has found a way to cure his herd’s winter blahs. The report about cattle breeder Izzet…
Following the theory that happy cows produce more milk, a new report some might find hard to swallow says that one Turkish farmer has found a way to cure his herd’s winter blahs.
The report about cattle breeder Izzet Kocak appeared in Turkish media and was published in The Sun.
The story goes that Kocak slapped virtual reality glasses on two cows on his farm in Aksaray, Turkey.
The VR glasses replace the bleakness of winter with happy scenes from summer.
Kocak says he has tried before to beef up production by making his cows happy, and once played his herd of 180 Animals classical music.
He now plans to buy 10 more headsets.
“They are watching a green pasture and it gives them an emotional boost. They are less stressed,” he said.
Russia’s agriculture ministry first claimed to have implemented such a program in 2019, according to the BBC.
It claimed that in an experiment, VR glasses were designed for “structural features of cow heads” and that the Animals