Alpine pastures characterize our country like hardly anything else. These lush green meadows, where animals graze, stand for pure idyll: fresh mountain air, impressive views and cozy mountain huts ...

More than 25,000 cows have disappeared from Austria's western Tyrol state over the past decade, and with them the pastures they used to graze on AFP / JOE KLAMAR With tender care, Sepp Rieser adorns ...

Alpine heritage alive: Velika Planina is one of Europe’s last active high mountain shepherd settlements, with centuries-old traditions still practiced each summer. Easy scenic access: A cable car and ...

As a photo editor I am responsible for the editorial use of photography at SWI swissinfo.ch and our collaborations with photographers. When the opportunity arises, I take a camera and accompany one of ...

Hans Seitinger, God rest his soul, was one of the founders of the "Almfrieden" up on the mountain pasture in Gaal seven years ago - and so at the current gathering, the popular provincial councillor ...

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For centuries, a mountain chain in northern Italy has been fertile ground for transhumance. This ancient practice of moving livestock between valleys and mountains has been a cultural tradition and a ...

KLAUSENPASS, Switzerland, Aug 27 – Cows injured during their summer sojourn in the high Swiss Alpine meadows got a jump on their healthier herdmates on Friday when they got helicopter rides down the ...

With tender care, Sepp Rieser adorns the bulky heads of his reluctant cows with flower wreaths, adds some more fir twigs, and adjusts the large bells around their necks. "I've been doing this since I ...

With tender care, Sepp Rieser adorns the bulky heads of his reluctant cows with flower wreaths, adds some more fir twigs, and adjusts the large bells around their necks. "I've been doing this since I ...