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The Navajo-Churro, or Churro for short, [3] (also American or Navajo Four-Horned) is a breed of domestic sheep originating with the Spanish Churra sheep obtained by the Diné around the 16th century during the Spanish Conquest. [4] Its wool consists of a protective topcoat and soft undercoat.
Herd-book registration began in 1991, and a breed society, the Associação Nacional de Criadores de Ovinos da Raça Churra Galega Bragançana, was established. [ 3 ] : 12 In 2024 the total number was estimated to be 30 062 –33 434 head, with a breeding stock of 15 329 ewes and 548 rams in 157 flocks; [ 2 ] [ 7 ] its conservation status was ...
The Churra is an Iberian type, breed or group of breeds of sheep. [2]: 920 [3]: 280 [4]: 107 The word churra simply means 'coarse-woolled'. The Churra originates in the Duero Valley in the autonomous community of Castile and León in north-western Spain. [2]: 920 In the province of Zamora the milk is used to make Zamorano cheese. [5]: 132
Churra Algarvia: Algarve Churro: Churra Badana: Churra da Terra Quente: Churra do Campo: Churra do Minho: Churra Galega Bragançana Branca: Churra Galega Bragançana Preta: Churra Galega Mirandesa: Churra Mondegueira: Merina Branca: Merina da Beira Baixa: Merina Preta: Saloia
The Algarve Churro or Churra Algarvia is a Portuguese breed of domestic sheep. [3] It is distributed mainly in the Algarve and Alto Alentejo regions of southern Portugal, particularly in the arid Barrocal sub-region of the Algarve. [4]: 76 [5] It is primarily raised for its meat, although it also produces and is raised for carpet wool. [2]
Marineland of Canada – Niagara Falls, Ontario – withdrew from membership in May 2017 [1] Mountain View Conservation & Breeding Society – Langley, British Columbia – had its membership revoked by CAZA due to claims of animal abuse
By the 1980s, only 800 head remained, [3] and by time the breeders association was founded in 1992, there were only 400 Xalda left. [2] However, the founding if the Xalda breeders association in 1992, ACOXA (Asociaciòn de Criadores d'Oveya Xalda) helped the efforts to conserve the breed greatly, although it still suffers from a lack of genetic ...
The American Legend Cooperative (ALC) was an agricultural marketing cooperative of mink fur farmers in the United States and Canada, best known for its Blackglama, American Legend brands of fur, as well as the older LEGEND brand. American Legend was formed in 1986 as a merger of the Great Lakes Mink Association (GLMA) and the Mutation Mink ...