Increasing interest in goat breeding in Germany
Goat farmer statistics appeared
In goat breeding, the number of breeding animals kept in Germany in the year 2002 increased by 8 percent on 13.584 animals compared to the previous year. Also the number of goat breeders after 2001 again by 2,4 percent on now 1.071 has grown. This was emphasized by the chairman of the Federal Association of German Goat Breeders (BDZ), Ulrike Höfken (MdB), in front of journalists in Bonn-Röttgen. With the now published statistics 2003 after 2001 the second collected by the BDZ itself data collection and evaluation for goat keeping published after it was set by the state a few years ago. Most breeding animals were counted in Bavaria with 3.092 animals, followed by Saxons with 2.285 animals and Baden-Württemberg with a total of 2.215 animals.Overall, in Germany, 12 breeds would be cared for by breeders. According to the BDZ statistics, in Germany the breed "Bunte Deutsche Edelziege" is represented in the year 2003 with 5.317 animals and 38 percent of all breeding animals, followed by the breed "White German Edelziege" with 3.750 animals (28 Percent) and the "goat-goat" race with 2.120 animals (16 percent). The total number of goats kept in Germany is ten times higher than the number of breeding animals and is estimated at 136.000 animals.