Dad, get me Kozicky

Koza has its fixed place in Greek mythology. The main offer animal. It also served as its milk food of gods. Zeus was small breasts milk goat Amalthea. When the goat ulomila horn, filled to one of the rare fruits of nymphs and made him a symbol of blessing (cornucopia).

Myths and History

Bakchus, god of wine and mirth, sat on the chariot, drawn sprezenim goat. Koza animal was the god of the sun in the Indian mythology. Christianity goat rejected. Kozel has been given to the devil. Similarly, the goats behaved and Communist regime, under which the goats somehow nezapadaly into the model socialist village.

In our countries started to find their goats and fans since 1989. A number of farming. Unfortunately, many prejudices in our country remains. Goat milk is in the world considered rare material!

On the initiative of the United Nations and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has been mainly in developing countries in Africa and Asia to the Renaissance breed goats and their numerical levels increased significantly. At present, indicatesthat the world is kept more than 557 million goats.

Koza home

(Capra aegagrus f. hircus)

Koza home is a descendant of bezoarove goats (Capra aegagrus), which is extended from the Aegean islands through the Lesser Asia, south into Syria and Palestine, to the east and Iran to Zakavkazi.

Koza was probably the first animal that praclovek ochocil. Further mention of these domesticated animals comes from the area of Jericho and Jordan from the period 5000 years BC domesticated animals are expanding in the areas of Palestine, Persia, Mesopotamia and Egypt, and gradually in Europe. Already in ancient times, people aware of the usefulness of goats in the elimination of shrubs and trees and naletovych in preparing land for cultivation.

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