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Wisconsin State Domestic Animal

Dairy Cow Bovis domesticus Adopted: February 9, 1972

Wisconsin State Domestic Animal: Dairy Cow
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1971 Assembly Bill 914 Date published:
February 17,1972

CHAPTER 167, Laws of 1971

AN ACT to amend 1.10 of the statutes, relating to designating the dairy cow the state domestic animal.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

1 .10 of the statutes, as amended by chapter 14, laws of 1971, is amended to read:

1.10 (title) STATE SONG, TREE, FLOWER, BIRD, FISH, ANIMAL, DOMESTIC ANIMAL, WILDLIFE ANIMAL. The Wisconsin state song is "On, Wisconsin", music written by. W. T. Purdy, the words to which are as follows: "On, Wisconsme On, Wisconsin! Grand old badger state! We, thy loyal sons and daughters, Hail thee, good and great. On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! Champion of the right, 'Forward', our motto--God will give thee might!"; the Wisconsin state tree is the sugar maple (Acer saccharum); the Wisconsin state flower is the wood violet (Viola papilionacea); the Wisconsin state bird is the robin (Turdus migratorious); the Wisconsin state fish is the muskellunge (Esox masquinon masquinongy Mitchell); the Wisconsin state animal is the badger (Taxidea taxus); the Wisconsin domestic animal is the dairy cow (Bovis domesticus): the Wisconsin wild life wildlife animal is the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus); the Wisconsin state mineral is the galena (lead sulphide) and the Wisconsin state rock is the red granite. The Wisconsin Blue Book shall include the information contained in this section concerning , the state song, tree, flower, bud, fish, animal, wild life, domestic animal, wildlife animal, mineral and rock.

If you look carefully at the text, you will see that, in addition to naming an official domestic animal, the bill modifies the text of the state's wild life (two words) animal, as adopted in 1957, to read "wildlife" (one word) animal.

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Wisconsin breeds of the year

Year	Breed	COW

1972	Holstein-Friesian	COW
1973	BREED	COW
1974	BREED	COW
1975	BREED	COW
1976	BREED	COW
1977	BREED	COW
1978	BREED	COW
1979	BREED	COW
1980	Brown Swiss	COW
1981	Guernsey	COW
1982	BREED	COW
1983	BREED	COW
1984	BREED	COW
1985	BREED	COW
1986	BREED	COW
1987	BREED	COW
1988	BREED	COW
1989	BREED	COW
1990	BREED	COW
1991	BREED	COW
1992	BREED	COW
1993	BREED	COW
1994	BREED	COW
1995	Ayrshire	COW
1996	Holstein	COW
1997	Milking Shorthorn	COW
1998	Brown Swiss	COW
1999	Jersey	COW
2000	Guernsey	COW
2001	Holstein-Friesian	COW
2002	Ayrshire	COW
2003	Milking Shorthorn	COW
2004	Red & White Holstein	COW
2005	Brown Swiss	COW
2006	Jersey	COW
2007	Guernsey	Majestic Oak Invest Sareen
2008	Ayreshire	Foggy-Valley Volage Marigold
2009	Holstein	Kamps-Hollow Altitude
2010	Milking Shorthorn	Mapleton Vly K Zsa Zsa
2011	Red & White Holstein	Lavender Ruby Redrose-Red
2012	Brown Swiss	Cozy Nook Pronto Twylight
2013	Jersey	Ambition Hercules Jordan

Wisconsin Law

The following information was excerpted from the 2011-12 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations, Chapter 1, Section 1.10.

CHAPTER 1 SOVEREIGNTY AND JURISDICTION OF THE STATE
1.10 State song, state ballad, state waltz, state dance, and state symbols.

(3) The Wisconsin state symbols are as follows:

(a) The mourning dove (Zenaidura macroura corolinensis Linnaeus) is the symbol of peace.

(b) Milk is the state beverage.

(d) Corn (Zea mays) is the state grain.

(e) The wood violet (Viola papilionacea) is the state flower.

(f) The robin (Turdus migratorius) is the state bird.

(g) The muskellunge (Esox masquinongy masquinongy Mitchell) is the state fish.

(h) The badger (Taxidea taxus) is the state animal.

(i) The dairy cow (Bos taurus) is the state domestic animal.

(j) The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is the state wildlife animal.

(k) The American water spaniel is the state dog.

(L) The honey bee (Apis mellifera) is the state insect.

(m) The trilobite (Calymene celebra) is the state fossil.

(n) Galena (lead sulfide) is the state mineral.

(o) Red granite is the state rock.

(p) Antigo silt loam (Typic Glossoboralf) is the state soil.

(r) The cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) is the state fruit.

(s) The tartan whose thread count is described in this paragraph is the state tartan. The thread count for the state tartan shall begin with 44 threads of muted blue, followed by 6 threads of scarlet, 4 threads of muted blue, 6 threads of gray, 28 threads of black, 40 threads of dark green, 4 threads of dark yellow, 40 threads of dark green, 28 threads of black, 22 threads of muted blue, and 12 threads of dark brown, at which point the weave reverses, going through 22 threads of muted blue, and continuing the sequence in reverse order until the weave reaches the beginning point of 44 threads of muted blue, at which point the weave reverses again.

(t) The kringle is the state pastry.

Sources...

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STATUTEREFERENCE

Shankle, George Earlie. State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols. Irvine, Calif.: Reprint Services Corp, Revised edition, 1971.

Shearer, Benjamin F. and Barbara S. State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols: A Historical Guide Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 3 Sub edition, 2001.

Additional Information

Wisconsin State Domestic Animal: Dairy Cow
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New Mexico Panther: Defenders of Wildlife website.

New Mexico Panther (Puma concolor coryi): National Wildlife Foundation's eNature.com field guide.

Puma concolor (Cougar): Smithsonian Museum of Natural History - North American Mammals.

Puma concolor coryi (New Mexico Panther): The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web.

Puma concolor coryi - (Bangs, 1896), New Mexico Panther: A network connecting science with conservation - NatureServe Explorer: An Online Encyclopedia of Life.

Puma concolor coryi (Bangs, 1899) : Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Here you will find authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

State domestic animals: Complete list of official state domestic animals from NETSTATE.COM

More symbols & emblems: Complete list of official Wisconsin state symbols from NETSTATE.COM.

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