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![Cattle on the Great Florida Cattle Drive are Florida Cracker Cattle loaned by ranchers who keep small herds to keep the breed alive. At the end of the drive they will load in trailers to go home. [Photo by Katrina Elsken/Lake Okeechobee News]](/uploads/original/20260126-160916-89d-Cattle Drive Monday - cattle.jpg)
