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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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