Heck cattle
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The Heck or Munich-Berlin is a German breed or type of domestic cattle. It was bred in the 1920s by Heinz and Lutz Heck in an attempt to breed back the extinct aurochs. Controversy revolves around met
Bull, cow and calf in the Rheingönheim Wildlife Park of Ludwigshafen
The cattle show a range of colours and phenotypes.
Bull in the Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve
Cow at Mannheim
Breeding back
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Breeding back is a form of artificial selection by the deliberate selective breeding of primarily domestic animals, in an attempt to achieve an animal breed with a phenotype that resembles a wild type
Heck cattle
…The Heck or Munich-Berlin is a German breed or type of domestic cattle. It was bred in the 1920s by Heinz and Lutz Heck in an attempt to breed back the extinct aurochs (Bos primigenius). Controversy revolves around methodology and success of the programme. There are considerable differences between…
Heck cattle were bred in the 1920s to resemble the aurochs.
Taurus cattle bull in the Lippeaue Reserve, Germany
Heck horse in Haselünne, Germany
A Tamaskan Dog, bred to visually resemble a wolf