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G eer vanne Smeed published a new photo of four Tauros bulls at Kempen~Broek on columbusmagazine.nl .  Tauros bulls in Kempen~Broek © Geer vanne Smeed Anyone can guess what kind of breeds or crossbreeds these bulls are and it is probably impossible to find out with the information given in the web, but I speculate that the lying bull at the right might be a pure Maronesa, the bull left to it a Maronesa crossbreed, the bull right in the back a Maremmana crossbreed and no idea on the last one.  EDIT: Geer vanne Smeed told me that according to his opinion the crossbred bulls might be Limia x Maremmana, Maremmana x Maronesa and Maronesa x Limia as those were the breeds present in the herd during the last years  As to the looks of the bulls, the colour is flawless in all individuals. The body shape of the bulls in the foreground cannot be determined as they are lying on the ground, but all of them seem to have a hump and are not that bulky. They might not be quite as large and...

I t has been long ago that I published my last post, and a lot happened. Especially the Auerrind project had some important achievements in the meantime:  Cooperation between the Auerrind project and the Stichting Taurus   Claus Kropp announced in April 2018 that the Auerrind project and the Stichting Taurus, which is responsible for the Tauros programme, are going to cooperate. The cooperation will include:  - Exchange of suitable crossbred individuals  - Sharing of research results  - Conservation of the founding breeds  Especially the exchange of suitable crossbred individuals sounds promising and it could result in a mutual benefit for both projects. The Tauros Project could finally get genes for truly large body size or horn size by acquiring Chianina or Watussi influenced Auerrind individuals, and the Auerrind project could get genes for decently inwards-facing horns via Maronesa-influenced Tauros individuals.  I see the exchange of individuals a...