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White Polled Heath in the enclosure of Wildfreigehege Bend at Grevenbroich. The White Polled Heath (German: Weiße Hornlose Heidschnucke, also known in Germany as the Moorschnucke [1]) is a small breed and landrace of North German sheep and belongs to the Heidschnucke family, part of the Northern European short-tailed sheep group.
It is documented as far back as the fifteenth century, but the present German name was not used before 1884; the breed standard dates from 1962. In the past there was some cross-breeding with imported sheep: in the nineteenth century with Bergamasca and Cotswold stock, [4]: 940 and in the twentieth century with the Southdown. [3]: 280
German Grey Heath (Graue Gehörnte Heidschnucke) [1] White Polled Heath (Weiße Hornlose Heidschnucke or Moorschnucke) White Horned Heath (Weiße Gehörnte Heidschnucke) The main breeding areas are the north German heathland and moors of the Lüneburg Heath. That said, this sheep, which is easy to look after, may nowadays be found in all parts ...
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The German Whiteheaded Mutton is a dual-use sheep and is used for both the production of wool and meat. [4] In Germany, the German Whitehead Mutton is commonly grazed along the grassy areas of the North Sea dikes, where they both are fattened off the grass and help to solidify the dikes by trampling and compacting the earth they graze on.
The White Swiss Shepherd Dog (French: Berger Blanc Suisse, German: Weisser Schweizer Schäferhund, Italian: Pastore Svizzero Bianco) is a variety of the German Shepherd bred in Switzerland. It descends from the American White Shepherds; the first stud dog of what was to become the breed was an American dog born in 1966 and imported to Switzerland.
The Deutsches Bergschaf (Weißes Bergschaf, White Mountain, Deutsches Weisses Bergschaf) is a breed of domestic sheep native to Germany. The breed was developed by breeding local sheep with Bergamasca and Tyrol Mountain breeds. [1]