FERAL GOAT by rocserum
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Description
The British Primitive (feral goat with no modern goat blood through it) Goat is now one of our rarer breeds. All our domestic breeds of today are descended from foreign imports, and our primitive breed would have died out completely but for the fact that some escaped or were turned loose on the hills to run wild.
But having all died out in domestication our feral population has been in decline for some time. Recent large culls (eg circa 1,200 in Galloway) have seen numbers drop dramatically. Known introgression with modern breeds has spoiled some herds. The number of true British Primitive Goats has therefore been severely reduced (possibly to circa 1,500). Urgent action is needed to protect, preserve and promote what is rapidly becoming a remnant of our Primitive breed.
take care, preserve nature, we've only one.
Comments (21)
What a beautiful animal, looks mythic, right out of a Celtic story. Thank you for sharing the story, very sad, I really hope his race can be preserve.
He so beautiful and proud ,does`nt resemble our domesticated goats at all . Great Photo !
Soo handsome! A great portrait!
This is a fantastic shot. I'm impressed by the length of the hair on this fine specimen. Excellent work.
What an excellent old billy, well captured. Todd
Excellent photography - hugs Jane xx
A splendid specimen and worthy of protection. Great looking horns.
Awesome capture of this unusual goat!
What a fantastic creature! Never seen one of these before. Amazing, the myriad of God's created creatures! Such inventiveness!
This is amazing shot.
Impressive photo my friend.....!!!!
Even if this animal is extremely invaluable, from its quality of chalk-lining, it could nevertheless have been capped before being taken in photograph!!! SPLENDID!!! Thank you!
He is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
A magnificent animal, when I first saw it the Druids sprang to mind, thanks for showing us this rare breed, fingers crossed.
Magnificent animal and beautiful photo.
This is a splendid shot my friend. Love it ;O)
Great animal to look at!
Magnificent goat and agree we should protect our nature. Thanks for bringing this to us!
Thanks for taking this picture. That is a great way to at least save the image of these.
A gorgeous creature. I hope it's not too late to preserve this animal.
Fabulous capture . . .