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We are glad to tell you that we founded a Belted Galloway Society in Germany, named 'Bundesverband Belted Galloway e.V. (BBG) ', since 2007 we are registered. Before this we were an interest group of belted breeders for several years and organized meetings, farm visits and two shows for purebred Belted Galloways only. In Germany the registration of pedigree cattle is different to other countries. Every state has its own beef cattle society (11 at the moment) and its own way of herdbook regulations. Except in one state all colours of Galloways (solid coloured, belted, white and riggit) are registered together in one herdbook. That means for example that the offspring of Galloway and Belted Galloway is not a crossbred like in other countries, in Germany this is a purebred Galloway with full herdbook, called Galloway black, Galloway dun belted or Galloway red riggit, it is registered only under the suspect of the coat markings. Calves are always in the herdbook, even they are missmarked. The only beef cattle society registering Belted Galloways and Galloways in strictly separate herdbooks is the 'Verband Schleswig-Holsteiner Fleischrinderzüchter' (FRZ). Our intention for the future is to give all German Belted Galloway breeders the chance to register their cattle in a separate Belted Galloway herdbook, like the traditional system in Scotland and most other countries. This herdbook system would be according to the German livestock breeding law which says that the conservation of genetic diversity of livestock is a part of their policy. A separate German Belted Galloway herdbook would be conform to the international standard and would simplify the increasing international trading of cattle, embryos and semen.
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