Giant sable and roan hybridization in Angola

A problem occurring with giant sable and roan in Angola.

Very interesting article, thanks for posting it.

I guess this only occurs when there is an extreme scarcity of mates of the respective species? Otherwise, why doesn't this occur everywhere sable and roan overlap? Which is a lot of places. Interesting article.

Interesting research. The giant sable as well as the various roan subspecies have caused great debate amongst governments, game breeders and hunters. This will add to the mix

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Originally posted by lavaca:
I guess this only occurs when there is an extreme scarcity of mates of the respective species? Otherwise, why doesn't this occur everywhere sable and roan overlap? Which is a lot of places. Interesting article.

Like you suggest,I think it could only happen in the absence of a herd bull and young males. I suspect in general healthy populations there are enough breeding males in the heard to keep the breeding exclusive to the species and to "protect" breeding from outsiders

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Originally posted by Fjold:
Very interesting article, thanks for posting it.

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A really interesting article. Africa is not moving forward in terms of stability, and wars and conflicts and habitat loss from other causes like primitive agricultural practices will continue to put pressure on a lot of species. Angola has been off most folks' beaten path for a long time and it is good to see that researchers have access to these populations. It makes you wonder how isolated an occurrence this is?

Just wonder where those Royal Sable bulls have gone?

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Originally posted by fairgame:
Just wonder where those Royal Sable bulls have gone?

On permemant holiday down south perhaps?