Here are 2 more sites with info on Heck cattle (New aurochs). The Dutch use
them in conservation projects but at the Marwell/DERA Bringing Back the
Bison conference most uk managers thought that uk breeds were as useful and
less aggressive for reserve management.
http://www.mluri.sari.ac.uk/livestocksystems/faunus/faunus2/kuit.htm
http://nongae.gsnu.ac.kr/~dairy/cow/cow53.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Smith, Ian" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 3:19 PM
Subject: False Aurochs
> Dear all,
>
> Can anyone suggest any references (and/or better still give a quick
summary)
> of why false aurochs were ever bred and from which cattle breeds? (It's
for
> a National Archaeology Day display to go alongside a partial aurochs skull
> and a picture of some falsies to give people an idea what they looked
like)
> Thanks in advance
> Ian
>
>
>
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