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The Boerboel (pronounced) is a South African breed of large dog of mastiff type, used as a family guard dog. It is large, with a short coat, strong bone structure and well-developed muscles. It is large, with a short coat, strong bone structure and well-developed muscles.
The Boer or Boerbok is a South African breed of meat goat. [2] It was selectively bred in the Eastern Cape from about 1920 for meat qualities and for the ability to survive by grazing on the thorn veldt of that region. [4]: 363 It has been exported to many countries, and has been used to improve the meat qualities of other breeds. [5]: 10 [3]
Boerboel. Boerboel. With such large mouths and jowls, it goes without saying that the boerboel drools a lot, although not quite as excessively as some other breeds. ... Incredibly family-friendly ...
William Harris (talk · contribs) Official statement from KUSA: "The Boerboel is now controlled by the newly formed SABBS - South African Boerboel Breeders’ Society established in 2014- which has replaced all the other Clubs. According to the official website the SABBS “is the only organization authorized in terms of the S Animal ...
Other fierce guard dogs include breeds and landraces of the Ovtcharka type and other farm guard dogs such as the Boerboel. Some breeds who make excellent guards are more commonly having breed specific legislation passed against them, banning them from some communities and whole countries. [12]
In contemporary South Africa, Boer and Afrikaner have often been used interchangeably. [dubious – discuss] Afrikaner directly translated means African, and thus refers to all Afrikaans-speaking people in Africa who have their origins in the Cape Colony founded by Jan Van Riebeeck. Boer is a specific group within the larger Afrikaans-speaking ...
Petrus Steyn is a small farming town between Tweeling and Kroonstad, 35 km north-east of Lindley in the Free State province of South Africa. It is at the centre of an agricultural area known for wheat, maize, sunflower, potato, cattle, hunting, sheep production and forms part of the breadbasket [2] in the Free State.
Giant forest hogs occur in west and central Africa, where they are largely restricted to the Guinean and Congolese forests. They also occur more locally in humid highlands of the Rwenzori Mountains , on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and as far east as Mount Kenya and the Ethiopian Highlands .