Georgi Tsachev
They are large and healthy mammals with dark skin and huge horns.
When I was a kid, my father’s parents raised such animals in the countryside.
Their milk tastes amazing and high in fat.
At one point, the population of these animals dropped dramatically.
The reason was that there were mostly elderly people left in the countryside and no one was raising them.
Unlike neighboring Greece, the necessary subsidies for raising these animals are not given in Bulgaria and their farmers have been forced to sell them.
These photos were taken in the fields near Lake Kerkini, where there are large farms for growing Domestic water buffalo.
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Question of
Have you seen Domestic water buffalo?
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Yes
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No
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Question of
Have you tried dairy products from Domestic water buffalo?
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Yes
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No
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I’ve had yak meat…
I prefer milk, not cow and buffalo meat.
dairywise, I have only tried cow and goat
I’m glad that you didn’t ask a Rocky Mountain Oysters question
Generally, it’s a delicacy, but not everyone would agree with me.
The water buffalo is called carabao here and it is a native animal in farms.
The breed that is raised here is the Bulgarian Murra.
Have only seen them win zoos in the US.
In Greece they are bred in large flocks, and in Bulgaria it was only 6-7 years ago that they started to restore the breed…
yeah we had a buffalo 20 years ago
As a kid, I used to love drinking milk from them!
water Buffalo are all over Thailand. I loved watching them. 🙂
Yes, but there is a difference in the breeds. Those in Bulgaria and Greece are slightly different from those in Thailand.
yes very much different, but still fun to see!!!