The Breeding-back Blog

"Breeding-back" aims to restore or immitate extinct animals by selective breeding. This blog provides general information, the facts behind myths and news from various projects.

Sunday, 13 October 2013

The Rau Zebra of 2025?

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L ike I mentioned on my previous posts , some Rau Zebras of the Quagga Project already resemble the quagga quite well regarding their degree...
Friday, 11 October 2013

The Spanish Fighting Bull

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T here is so much I want to write about, and so little time for it. This time, I finally completed my post on one of the most pr...
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Saturday, 5 October 2013

New photos from Tauros Project on the web

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T auros Project has two nearly adult bulls so far: "Manolo Uno", a Maremmana x Pajuna bull and "Rocky", a Maremmana x Li...
Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Guess the pony!

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A s promised, here's the little game of guessing Exmoors and Koniks only by their body, proportions, head and mane. Those are sketches t...
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Friday, 27 September 2013

Primitive Zebu cow from Sri Lanka

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L ike I wrote on this post , it is premature to think about which zebu breeds should be considered most reminiscent of their wild type, the ...
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Exmoor vs. Konik - which one is the better wild horse substitute

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O f course neither the Konik nor the Exmoor are surviving wild horses, it is zoological commonsense that the western subspe...
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Sunday, 22 September 2013

Visiting Chillingham cattle - was there a white Aurochs?

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I n September last year, I visited the Chillingham Park in Northumberland, England, to have a look at the main herd of Chillingham...
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Thursday, 19 September 2013

News from the Quagga Project 2013

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A ccording to their report of August 2013, the Quagga Project has 89 animals on 10 locations. Two foals have been born this year, ...
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Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Heck cattle at Oostvaardersplassen - A special population

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I n 1983, 32 Heck cattle were released in the Dutch reserve Oostvaardersplassen , an area of 5600 hectares. Oostvaardersplassen is...
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Daniel Foidl
My major interests always have been extinct animals, from dinosaurs to Pleistocene megafauna and more recent extinctions. Besides that I am interested in evolution, genetics and ecology. I am also an amateur animal artist, making drawings and models mostly of extinct animals.
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