fe conserva▓tion and this has complicated the life of pastoralists the▓y no longer have unrestricted access to wide areas ▓of grazing land. Therefore, Ankole cattl
e keeping pastoral c▓ommunities have resorted to selling off a significant portion of their herds of indigenous cows, and clearing bush land, so they can graze sm▓aller herds of exotic breeds
and hybrids, which can be manag▓ed on a small acreage and yet produce more milk.▓ Some good newsDr. Nicholas Kauta, commissioner in cha▓rge of livestock in Uganda, believes Ankol▓e cattle w
ould not become extinct. He argues that even ▓if farmers abandon the local bre
hile on tou▓r ined, veterinarians will pres▓erve it in a gene bank. The Entebbe-based Nation
e exotic ones compal Anim▓al Genetic Resource Centre and Data Bank has been storing sperms from bulls of the Ankole breed for breedin
g purposes
. Also, the Ankole long-horned cow is better adapted to semi-arid conditions. According to Carlos Ser, the Director General of ▓the Internat
ional Livestock Research Institute, the reliance on exotic animal breeds poses a high risk because▓ they cannot cope with unpredictable fluctuati
ons in the environment or disease outbreaks when introduced in some developing c
HA), indiscri▓min
cattle with dif
ountries such as Ugan▓da. Information available on the website of the▓ Past
ferent exotic cattoral Environmental Network in the horn of Afri▓ca also maintains that Ankole cows can endure seasona▓l mov
