Foundation animalFoundation / GujaratGir (Bos indicus)
The Bhavnagar foundation Gir (India → Brazil)
bull
The Indian foundation from which Brazil's entire dairy-Gir and Girolando industry grew. Tradition names the bull 'Krishna', reportedly among Gir gifted in the 1940s by Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavsinhji, Maharaja of Bhavnagar, with the widely-repeated claim that a large share of Brazil's Gir descends from him.
Registry record
BloodlineGir cattle from the Kathiawar peninsula (Bhavnagar / the Gir hills, Gujarat), the base stock for the Brazilian Gyr.
BreedGir (Bos indicus)
ImporterBrazilian ranchers; foundation gift attributed to the Maharaja of Bhavnagar
Imported1940 · Brazilian ranchers; foundation gift attributed to the Maharaja of Bhavnagar
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