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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 ...
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 ...
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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.
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The Anglo-Nubian is characterised by large, pendulous ears and a convex profile. Billy. The Anglo-Nubian is a British breed of domestic goat.It originated in the nineteenth century from cross-breeding between native British goats and a mixed population of large lop-eared goats imported from India, the Middle East and North Africa.
Bilberry goat at rest in the winter morning sun. A Bilberry goat forages around in the morning. The Bilberry goat (Irish: Fiaghabhar na bhFraochán) is a breed of feral goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) which is believed to have lived in one herd on Bilberry Rock in Waterford City in the south of Ireland for hundreds of years. [1]