1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ Equestria Gaming (equestriagaming) http://rainbowdash.net/equestriagaming http://rainbowdash.net/notice/1646309 @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/4730" class="url" title="Wouter Servaas"><span class="fn nickname">yorkiebrony</span></a></span> Actually hot branding isn't near as a bad as it sounds, at least not for cattle anyways. I've seen cattle branded via the burn method and they have a much higher pain tolerance then you'd expect. It's nowhere near torture for the animals, but I guess freeze banding is also good. Microchips can also be easily removed by cattle rustlers, while a simple brand will make all their efforts in vain.