Cachena calf with cowbell

Cachena Calf with Cowbell, measures approx. 13.7'' (35cm)

Cachena cattle are an ancient breed of cattle from southern Galicia. The breed developed in the highland border region of Limia - Xurés.

Traditionally, every Galician farm and croft used to have their own cows, which provided them with milk and meat, and were also used as a draft animal. Cachenas were first described in Vicente Risco's seminal General Geography of the Kingdom of Galicia in 1936. The breed was saved from extinction by a breeding programme by the Galician Government in the early 1990s.