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Given the title, I thought this was about reintroducing Aurochs through some amazing feat of modern science... It is not, it's about wolves and wisents (europea

• oflannabhra 6y ago
  Pretty interesting story about Aurochs: apparently two brothers in Germany both ran programs to "back breed" the Auroch in the 1920s. One brother, Lutz Heck, eventually became a Nazi and his program became an official Nazi program. After an attempt to reintroduce some animals into German forests, he and Hermann Goering eventually went on a hunting expedition together for them. Heinz Heck, the other brother was imprisoned at Dachau. The result of his program is the current breed of cattle known as "Heck cattle"[0]. He was also responsible for the reintroduction of European Bison into the wild. There are several other programs [1] that are attempting to reintroduce Aurochs, through a variety of methods. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heck_cattle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heck_cattle [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurochs#Breeding_of_aurochs-like_cattle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurochs#Breeding_of_aurochs-li...
• tuco86 6y ago
  During my apprenticeship my final exam project was to write OxPro. A breeding database for the local aurochs breeding association. edit: I had to check if it's still around. https://www.aueroxen.de/oxpro-2/ https://www.aueroxen.de/oxpro-2/
  • thelastname 6y ago
    Those are just odd cows.