cattle chosen also the fact that the cattle chose the location of cattle chosen is stretching the truth somewhat john garrett bussell chose the location after thoroughly exploring the area a cow named yulika went missing from their old location on the blackwood river shortly before they relocated they assumed the cow was lost forever but it turned up at their new location shortly after they did the point of the name was that the cow had wandered off because the feed at their old location was poor and had ended up at their new location because the feed was better talk