Collective noun needed

[Garson O'Toole]

Joel S. Berson wrote
>> Last week was "the running of the bulls" at Pamplona.  Today Good
>> Morning America showed a video of a rather sedate excursion of some
>> cattle, including little 'uns, through a small town in England.  What
>> should that be called?  (The consensus on GMA seemed to be "the
>> strolling of the cows".)

Laurence Horn wrote
> Well, if it wasn't *too* sedate, "the boogieing of the bovines"?

For individuals who have no desire to eschew obfuscation:
The ambulating of the bovids.

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