Tuesday, 26 July 2022

That Nei distance chart

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I n 2015, Rewilding Europe published a PDF with a Nei distance chart showing the purported distance of 34 European cattle breeds to the one...
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Thursday, 14 July 2022

Heck cattle at Oostvaardersplassen develop aurochs-like horns

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I have made a couple of posts about the possible changes in horn shape in the Heck cattle in the Oostvaardersplassen reserve. Recently, I f...
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Wednesday, 6 July 2022

Which horses should be used for a reintroduction in Europe's nature?

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T he discussion which horse breed or type is closest to the European wild horse and which horses should be used for a reintroduction of the ...
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Thursday, 30 June 2022

Video of a Steinberg/Wörth bull and Tauros cattle

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T he video above shows the bull Azrael, which is currently the breeding bull at the Neandertal Heck cattle herd. The Neandertal herd was imp...
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Tuesday, 21 June 2022

My trip to the Lippeaue in 2022 (Taurus cattle)

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Last week I visited the Lippeaue reserve again, which is the main Taurus cattle breeding site in Germany. As usual, it was a very enjoyable ...
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Wednesday, 1 June 2022

New Auerrind breeding herds assembled

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T he Auerrind project assembled new breeding herds in Lorsch, Wildpark Schwarzach and Bielefeld and published photos on Facebook:  © Lauresh...
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Tuesday, 31 May 2022

Two zebus with traits of the Indian aurochs

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A t first glance, zebus seem to be rather different from the aurochs. But there are certain traits found in many zebus that are very reminis...
Monday, 23 May 2022

Bos primigenius trochoceros?

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T he species of the aurochs,  Bos   primigenius , has many synonyms – last time I counted it was 8, counting only those that are based on wi...
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