From an article in the Seattle Times about Mad Cow Disease:

Dave Louthan, who killed the Holstein at Vern’s Moses Lake Meat Co. on Dec. 9, says he has no doubt he remembers the right cow. “Every cow that comes in there, I kill. That kind of puts us in a relationship,” said Louthan, who killed cows at Vern’s for four years before he was laid off earlier this month after his bosses told him business had slowed.

Louthan, 44, said he’s sorry to lose his job, because he enjoyed the work. “I did it because I liked to kill cows,” he said. “I don’t care if I’m hauling them, feeding them or killing them. As long as I’m around livestock, I’m happy. I’m a cowboy.”