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This may be a stupid question, but how does a tuskless cow come about and not a tusked cow? Is it some sort of genetic distinction? Aren't the ele in a herd fairly closely related to each other? I meant to be DSC Member...bad typing skills. Marcus Cady DRSS | ||
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Genetics as I understand it. Graybird "Make no mistake, it's not revenge he's after ... it's the reckoning." | |||
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That is the reason they try to shoot tuskless to get the gene out of the herd. Mike | |||
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Guess that ain't the only answer. At least tuskless would be the last to be poached. ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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As I understand it, the genetics are not well understood, but in areas that have been heavily hunted/poached for long periods of time, the incidence of tusklessness is much higher. It's supposed to be about 3%, but I have read that in some areas it may be as high as 17%, secondary to having been shot for their teeth for generations. That is the reason that the Zim game department allows shooting for tuskless, to reduce prevalence in the gene pool. | |||
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