Sunday, 4 August 2013

History lesson Pt.I: Please stop claiming Heck cattle was bred using the Spanish fighting bull

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I call this a “history lesson” because it actually has little relevance for the potential of modern-day Heck cattle, but i...
Wednesday, 31 July 2013

The Aurochs' head

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© Life restoration of a lost Aurochs cow skull from Berlin T he head of the aurochs is another one of those features that cle...
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Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Ideal horses for rewilding: Exmoor, Konik or Przewalski?

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I n this post, I described a number of Tarpan-like horse breeds. None of these breeds is a complete stand-in for the Tarpan, but ...
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Saturday, 27 July 2013

The Heck horse: a bred-back Tarpan or a washy Konik?

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Heck horses are the only horse breed that actually is the result of breeding-back (the Konik is not, as I explained here ),...
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Heck cattle at Munich Zoo

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T he Heck cattle at Tierpark Hellabrunn, Munich, were the first Heck herd I ever saw. This herd is particularly interesting not only because...
Thursday, 25 July 2013

The Quagga and the Quagga Project

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T he Quagga, Equus quagga quagga , got some attention during the last decade because of a selective breeding project in ...
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Saturday, 20 July 2013

The Tamaskan Dog as a test for "breeding back"

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L uckily the wild types of most of the species that were domesticated are  still  extant. But imagine the wolf was extinct because...
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Thursday, 11 July 2013

Visiting Taurus cattle at Lippeaue, Germany

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T he Lippeaue is a reserve in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that is managed by the ABU (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Biologischer Umwe...
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