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The British primitive goat is a landrace of domestic goat native to Great Britain and Ireland, and is the original goat of the region. [1] It is considered a rare breed , [ 1 ] existing as several, isolated feral herds, [ 2 ] as some captive populations in zoological parks and nature reserves , [ 1 ] [ 3 ] and breeding stock on some private ...
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[6] [7] From 1922 the goats were registered in the general herd-book of the Guernsey Goat Society; a separate register in the herd-book was created for them in 1965. [6] From 1967 a small number were exported to England, where they were cross-bred with British goats to form the British Guernsey. [5]: 381 [6]
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Around 5,000 BP non-native goats, also known as British primitive goats, were brought to Great Britain as domestic stock, bred for milk and meat. Today, the goat species Capra hircus is still present in the country with a total population of 5,000–10,000
Near Llanfachraeth, on Anglesey. The British Alpine is a British breed of dairy goat bred in the early twentieth century. It is black with white Swiss markings on the face.. The foundation stock included a nanny with this colouration acquired in Paris in 1903 and goats of other breeds, probably including the Swiss Grisons Striped and Toggenburg and the now-extinct Sundgau of Alsace, as well as ...
Goat breeds originating in Ireland (2 P) Pages in category "Goat breeds originating in the United Kingdom" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Example of 2009 housing development just beyond the habitat of the goats The goats overlook the main roads and the river Suir. The Bilberry Goat Trust was set up to protect these goats from extinction. The 14-acre (5.7 ha) piece of land where they graze used to be a commonage but was sold to a developer who wanted to build houses in the whole area.