Lantau cows

All together now...

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

More buffalo pictures

Because I can

And besides, who doesn't like buffaloes?

Cows on parade

Here's why I love living in Mui Wo. Where else can you see sights like this while having your morning cuppa?

See how disciplined the cows are? They even know how to walk in a single file when in the town area.

Moove along now

On a bright sunny day, a nice patch of shade is bliss. So they ain't moving for nobody.

Sometimes a half-hearted attempt...

 ... can be more dangerous than not doing anything at all. The LCSD appears to be trying to keep the feral cows and buffaloes off the playground.

But without a proper gate, cattle can still get in and the fences are only going to serve to keep them in.

Imagine the chaos if a buffalo stumbles in, can't get out and panics. The LCSD folks clearly haven't thought it through.

 A better solution would be to have a herdsman (or woman). There was one keeping an eye on this well-behaved herd – which appears to be helping the LCSD crop the grass.

Four legs good...

Please leave the buffaloes alone!

The Lantau Buffalo Association notes that it's that time of the year again, when summer visitors descend on Mui Wo and the surrounding villages, drink themselves silly... and our placid buffaloes become fair game for their drunken teasing.

The drunks don't get prosecuted but if the buffaloes retaliate, they get killed.

What is wrong with humans? The buffaloes are quite happy to mind their own business, why can't humans do the same?

On that note, what have buffaloes done to Jason Ali that's got him so riled up?

Almost annually now, he writes to SCMP and insists that the buffaloes are a menace and need to be penned up. And almost annually, he gets irate responses from Lantau residents telling him to let the pathetic remnants of the herd be.

I'd have thought he'd get the message by now.

Anyway, I think LBA has the right solution: a working buffalo farm and homestay for South Lantau - like the one they have in Fairburn, Canada.

Think about it. Lovely green acres, buffaloes off the streets... and lots and lots of yummy buffalo mozzarella. Surely even Mr Ali cannot complain about that?

Boxing Day buffaloes

We went for a walk to work off the crazy Christmas feasting and guess who came out to wish us a happy Boxing Day?

Cows come home

Ahh, this is a scene from village life I was worried I'd never see again after all that brouhaha about a charging buffalo. There's somethings so peaceful about cows.