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The name Boerboel derives from the Afrikaans words boer, meaning farmer, and boel, a shortening of boelhond, meaning bulldog. [11]The Boerboel descends from an old colonial cross-breed of mastiffs and bulldogs used both as a guard dog on remote farms and estates and for big game hunting, and known as the Boer Dog [12]: 618 or Boer Hunting Dog.
Animal experimentation, including testing cosmetics on animals, is legal in South Africa. [8] South Africa does not keep statistics on the number of animals used in research. [9] The NSPCA serves on various animal ethics committees to ensure that animals are not unnecessarily abused when used in research. No registered research is taking place ...
[2] [3] The Africanis is known by a number of names. These include the Kaffer brak (racist term), Kasi dog, umbwa wa ki-tamaduni ("traditional dog" in Kiswahili), the Khoikhoi dog, the Tswana dog and the Zulu dog. Other local names include Sica, Isiqha, umhuqa, umgodoyi, Ixhalaga, Ixalagha, Isigola, I-Twina, and Itiwina. [3]
Dog breeds by country of origin (69 C) ... Animal breeds originating in South Africa (5 C, 1 P) Animal breeds originating in the Soviet Union (1 C, 31 P)
Dog breeds originating in Africa (1 C, 11 P) ... Animal breeds originating in South Africa (5 C, 1 P) Animal breeds originating in Sudan (3 P) T.
This list of dog breeds includes both extant and extinct dog breeds, varieties and types. A research article on dog genomics published in Science/AAAS defines modern dog breeds as "a recent invention defined by conformation to a physical ideal and purity of lineage". [1] According to BigThink, over 40% of the world's dog breeds come from the ...
Dog breeds originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1 P) Pages in category "Dog breeds originating in Africa" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
South Africa: meat, hides, horns, pets 1b Bovidae: Blue (Connochaetes taurinus) [137] and black wildebeest (C. gnou) [138] date uncertain South Africa, Kenya: meat, leather, hides, horns, pets 1b Bovidae: Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) including subspecies blesbok (D. p. phillipsi) [139] date uncertain South Africa: meat, hides, horns ...