The aurochs is the ancestor to all domestic cattle species, but before it was bred into everything from the Hindu cow, to the Black Angus, to Scotland’s Highland bull, it was a keystone species that ...
Farmers have said an extensive list of native breeds in Scotland could do the same job.
A herd of long-horned animals resembling cattle are being released into the Scottish Highlands. The hope is that they’ll fill the ecological role once played by the aurochs, an extinct wild ancestor ...