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The Valais Blacknose is a dual-purpose breed, reared for both meat and wool. The wool is coarse: fibre diameter averages approximately 38 microns, and staple length is 100 mm (4 in) or more. [ 4]: 940 The annual yield of wool is about 4 kg (10 lb) per head. [ 3]: 281. Near Zermatt, with the Matterhorn in the background.
The Valais Blackneck is a breed of domestic goat from the canton of Valais, in southern Switzerland, and neighbouring areas of northern Italy. The largest concentration is in the area of Visp (Viège). It is present in modest numbers in Austria and Germany. It is known by many names, including German: Walliser Schwarzhalsziege or Gletschergeiss ...
The farm is also teeming with purebred Valais Blacknose sheep, Scottish Highlands cattle (a previously endangered species) and more, part of their small-scale preservation breeding program.
Desilva, Udaya; Fitch, Jerry (1995), "Campanian Barbary", Breeds of Livestock, Oklahoma State University Dept. of Animal Science, retrieved 17 June 2010. Saskatchewan Sheep Development Board (2007), "Canadian Arcott", Sheep Breeds, Government of Saskatchewan, archived from the original on 7 August 2011, retrieved 17 June 2010.
A Montana rancher illegally used tissue and testicles from wild sheep killed by hunters in central Asia and the U.S. to breed “giant” hybrid sheep for sale to private hunting preserves in ...
Characteristics. The Roux du Valais is a medium-sized sheep, with males weighing about 65–85 kg and ewes 50–65 kg. [2] It is a distinctive red-brown color, [3] but there is also an extremely rare black variety known as the Lotschental. [2] Both sexes are horned. The Roux du Valais mainly lives in the French-speaking areas of Switzerland, [2 ...
The Katahdin sheep breed was the first in the United States to reach sheep industry standards of carcass quality. [1] [further explanation needed] The average Katahdin ewe weight is 120 to 160 pounds and the ram's weight is 180 to 250. Most Katahdin ewes will have a 200% lamb crop. The Katahdin sheds its winter coat, so does not have to be sheared.
A 72-year-old Montana man shot and killed a grizzly bear after it attacked him while he was alone picking huckleberries, according to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.