USAGE:
A cold branding stamp, or freeze branding iron, is used to identify animals by freezing a pattern into their skin. Freeze branding is used for a variety of purposes, including:
- Identifying animals: A unique pattern can indicate that an animal belongs to a specific person, ranch, or herd
- Tagging wild animals: Freeze branding can be used to tag wild animals that will be recaptured for research
- Veterinary medicine: Freeze branding is still used today in veterinary medicine