page_title: Tauros Programme
section_title: Breeds in use and present crossbreeding results
hierarchical_section_title: Tauros Programme / Breeds in use and present crossbreeding results
caption_attribution_description: English: Sayaguesa cows.
context_page_description: The Tauros Programme, formerly known as TaurOs Project, is a cooperation between the Dutch foundation Stichting Taurus and universities such as the Wageningen University and Research Centre. It is an international effort to breed a type of cattle that resembles the extinct aurochs, the wild ancestor of domestic cattle, to a large extent.
  The project largely uses hardy cattle breeds with superficial resemblance to the extinct aurochs. By crossbreeding and selective breeding it tries to establish similarity to the aurochs. The long-term goal is to release these Tauros cattle into rewilding areas.
context_section_description: Following robust cattle breeds are presently used:
  Sayaguesa Cattle
  Maremmana primitiva
  Pajuna Cattle
  Limia Cattle
  Maronesa
  Podolica
  Highland Cattle
  Tudanca Cattle
  Boškarin
  All breeds except Boškarin are being used for breeding in the Dutch herds.  Outside of the Netherlands, mainly Sayaguesa, Maremmana, Maronesa and Boškarin are being used as founding breeds, supplemented by crossbreeds from the Dutch sites.  By the end of 2015, over 150 animals of the founding breeds have been used in breeding, and almost 300 cross animals have been born, among them 17 animals already of the fourth cross-generation.
caption: Sayaguesa cows in Keent
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