Pictures of cattle ranching

Images of cattle ranching taken by Rhett Ayers Butler. Last updated: January 2, 2023.

Geometric patterns of deforestation

Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Cow in the Pantanal

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon

Forst clearing for soy

Cattle on a Colombian ranch

Newly cleared section of Amazon forest

Cerrado and pasture

Herd of cattle in the Amazon

Geometric patterns of deforestation [brazil_0541]

Forest fragment amid cattle pasture in Colombia

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy

Cattle in Colombia

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0568]

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0508]

Cattle grazing on a deforested plain [brazil_154782]

Strip of forest in Amazon cattle pasture

Colombia's llanos: ranches farms and forest

Newly cleared section of Amazon forest [brazil_0552]

Forest fragment amid cattle pasture in Colombia [colombia_4437]

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0636]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0604]

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0515]

Degraded transition forest n a legal forest reserve

Cattle grazing in the Brazilian Amazon

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy [brasil_120]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0589]

Cattle grazing on a deforested plain [brazil_154769]

Deforestation for cattle ranching [peru_aerial_1368]

Herd of cattle in the Amazon [brazil_1265]

Cattle and birds

Storm over the Amazon

Herd of cattle in the Amazon [brazil_1247]

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0505]

Forest fragments in a sea of soy

Amazon landscape scarred by clearing for cattle pasture

Cattle grazing on a deforested plain

Deforestation for cattle ranching [peru_aerial_1347]

Cerrado and pasture [brazil_0451]

Deforestation for cattle ranching

Deforestation for cattle ranching

Cerrado transition forest and pasture

Cattle pasture and forest

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0585]

Deforestation for cattle ranching [peru_aerial_1353]

Edge of a forest reserve bordered by agricutural land in the Brazilian Amazon

Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0627]

Large-scale deforestation for ranching in the Peruvian Amazon

Cow in the Pantanal [brazil_1347]

Cleared cerrado

Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil [brasil_055]

Cattle pasture and degraded forest

Deforested plain in the Amazon now used for cattle

Cattle pasture and rainforest near Penaloza

Cow in the Pantanal [brazil_1309]

Cattle ranching in Bolivia

Pasture and gallery forest

Cattle on a Colombian ranch [colombia_3784]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0595]

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0507]

Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil [brasil_046]

Recently cleared land border a tract of Amazon forest

Cowboys herding cattle across a river

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0615]

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0619]

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0625]

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0634]

Cerrado and transition forest cleared for pasture

Colombian cowboys wrangling wild horses

Agricultural clearing and forest reserves in the southern Amazon

Cleared forest in the Brazilian Amazon

Gallery forest and recovering pasture

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0520]

Large-scale deforestation for cattle pasture in the Peruvian Amazon

Aerial view of new cerrado/transition forest clearing

Amazon forest margin

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0531]

Cattle pasture and rainforest near Penaloza [colombia_2107]

Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy [brasil_119]

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0631]

Sunset over a cattle ranch in Colombia

Forest fragments and cattle pasture

Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil [brasil_050]

Newly slashed-and-burned forest -- in preparation for the planting season

Cattle pasture in Colombia

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0512]

Cattle in the llanos of Colombia

Aerial picture of large-scale forest clearing for cattle ranching in the Peruvian Amazon

Pasture and gallery forest [brazil_0840]

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0522]

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0611]

Cattle grazing on former rainforest near Penaloza

Deforestation for cattle ranching [peru_aerial_1311]

Forst clearing for soy [brazil_0571]

Deforestation for cattle ranching

Cerrado and transition forest

Deforested plain in the Amazon now used for cattle [brazil_1243]

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0521]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0597]

Deforestation for cattle pasture in Peru

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0517]

Cowboys herding cattle across a river [colombia_2068]

Amazon landscape scarred by clearing for cattle pasture [peru_aerial_1239]

Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil [brasil_049]

Herd of cattle in the Amazon [brazil_1256]

Forest fragment amid cattle pasture in Colombia [colombia_4413]

Herd of cattle in the Amazon [brazil_1250]

Extensive clearing in the Brazilian Amazon

Felled canopy tree in a cattle pasture

Cowboys herding cattle across a river [colombia_2053]

Cattle in Colombia [colombia_6311]

Cerrado - pasture margin

Cowboys herding cattle across a river [colombia_2040]

Colombian cowboys wrangling wild horses [colombia_3839]

Cattle in Colombia [colombia_6314]

Colombian cowboys wrangling wild horses [colombia_3814]

Forest degraded by fire in the Brazilian Amazon

Palm forest and pasture

Deforestation for cattle pasture near Chugandi [colombia_2386]

Overhead view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture

Cowboys herding cattle across a river [colombia_2036]

Colombian cattle

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0614]

Colombian cowboys wrangling wild horses [colombia_3808]

Forst clearing for soy [brazil_0569]

Amazon landscape scarred by clearing for cattle pasture

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0582]

Aerial view of cerrado grassland and transition forest in the southern Amazon of Mato Grosso state Brazil

Cattle pasture and transition forest

Cerrado transition forest and pasture [brazil_0456]

Forest degradation in the Amazon

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0612]

Forest fragments and cattle pasture

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0594]

Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil [brasil_058]

Lake Sandoval in the Peruvian Amazon [peru_aerial_1232]

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy [brasil_113]

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0632]

Cattle in eastern Colombia

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0640]

Cattle pasture in Colombia [colombia_4543]

Cattle on a Colombian ranch [colombia_3782]

Patchwork of forest and pasture in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0543]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0581]

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0513]

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0502]

Cattle pasture and degraded forest [brazil_0482]

Cattle in Colombia [colombia_6299]

Pasture and gallery forest [brazil_0842]

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy [brasil_125]

Forest fragments in a sea of soy [brasil_105]

Agricultural clearing and forest reserves in the southern Amazon [brazil_0197]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0588]

Deforestation for cattle ranching

Colombian cowboys wrangling wild horses [colombia_3835]

Cattle in Colombia [colombia_6306]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0586]

Cow in the Pantanal [brazil_1313]

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0511]

Cattle in Colombia [colombia_6302]

Cattle pasture and forest

Newly cleared section of Amazon forest [brazil_0556]

Newly cleared section of Amazon forest [brazil_0550]

Newly cleared section of Amazon forest [brazil_0554]

Cattle in Colombia [colombia_6309]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0591]

Colombian cowboys wrangling wild horses [colombia_3826]

Recently cleared land border a tract of Amazon forest [brazil_0532]

Patchwork of forest and pasture in the Brazilian Amazon

Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0563]

Pasture and gallery forest [brazil_0847]

Cattle pasture and degraded forest [brazil_0487]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0583]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0584]

Deforestation for cattle pasture in Peru

Deforestation for cattle ranching

Cattle pasture in Colombia [colombia_4540]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0600]

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0624]

Large-scale forest clearing for cattle ranching in the Peruvian Amazon

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0527]

Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0290]

Overhead view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture [brazil_0284]

Cowboys herding cattle across a river [colombia_2065]

Cattle and birds [brazil_1731]

Cowboys herding cattle across a river [colombia_2043]

Deforestation for cattle ranching [peru_aerial_1351]

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy [brasil_127]

Large-scale forest clearing for cattle pasture in the Peruvian Amazon

Cattle [brazil_1493]

Aerial view of new cerrado/transition forest clearing [brazil_0207]

Forest damaged by flooding from a small dam established to provide a water supply for cattle'

Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0565]

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0628]

Cowboys herding cattle across a river [colombia_2019]

Cowboys herding cattle across a river [colombia_2060]

Colombian cowboys wrangling wild horses [colombia_3817]

Lake Sandoval in the Peruvian Amazon

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0617]

Forest fragment amid cattle pasture in Colombia [colombia_4493]

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy [brasil_116]

Forest fragment amid cattle pasture in Colombia [colombia_4522]

Deforestation for cattle pasture in Peru

Mosiac of forest pasture and cerrado seen from Chapada overlook

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0633]

Herd of cattle in the Amazon [brazil_1258]

Deforestation for cattle pasture and other cropsnear Chugandi

Aerial picture of large-scale forest clearing for cattle pasture in the Peruvian Amazon

Amazon landscape scarred by clearing for cattle pasture [peru_aerial_1240]

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