Joost Schellevis editor data and tech Sjoerd Mouissie data journalist Sarah Bürmann editor Home Affairs Joost Schellevis editor data and tech Sjoerd Mouissie data journalist Sarah Bürmann editor Home Affairs On March 6 of this year, on a livestock farm near Dublin, the black-and-white spotted dairy cow Vicky gave birth to a calf. Then something rare happened: the farmer - owner of an average dairy farm - gave the calf a name and registered it: Ollie. That is not self-evident, because Ollie is a bull calf. He is one of many this year born bull calves of the black-and-white breed, which provides the classic dairy cows. And bull calves often have no name known: they are a remnant of the large Irish dairy industry and are quickly disappearing from the farm. For low prices, they go, for example, to the Netherlands. Ollie is also heading there. The NOS followed 11,000 calves who, like Ollie, came from Ireland to the Netherlands this year, despite promises from the sector to stop doing ...