ear-tag

Cattle ranch marker

An ear-tag is a small plastic or metal marker clipped through an animal's ear for identification, common in livestock management: Each calf gets an ear-tag at birth.

As a verb, to ear-tag is to attach such a marker: We ear-tagged the new heifers this morning.

livestock

identification

Establishing who someone is

  • cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
  • sheepWoolly farm animal
  • goatsHorned farm ruminants

swine · herd · vaccination · breeding · pasture · grazing · husbandry · dairy · beef · poultry

tracking

monitoring

Ongoing observation of something

telemetry · migration · movement · data · satellite · geolocation · research · behavior · RFID · transponder

ranching

cattle

Domesticated bovines kept commercially

  • herdingManaging animal groups
  • cowboyMounted cattle herder
  • roundupOrganized gathering of scattered things

corral · fence · steer · heifer · bull · wrangler · stockman · drover · ranch · paddock

conservation

endangered

At risk of extinction

habitat · biodiversity · sanctuary · refuge · ecosystem · reintroduction · poaching · threatened · population · census

Opposites
identification method

ear-tagmicrochip

Miniature semiconductor processor

untagged · unmarked · brand · tattoo · anonymous

technology level

ear-tagmicrochip

Miniature semiconductor processor

biometric identification · facial recognition · retinal scan

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G