Muflon in Prague

Statni mouflon ram protlacil head and front of the iron gate to the campus hospital, the rest of the hull is trepajicima feet remained hanging helplessly stuck between the bar gate. Firemen first with the help of hydraulic iron bars stretched. Once authorized grip, started more dangerous part of rescue operations. Firemen had to catch the animal in the back legs and push him out of the gate without anyone pokopalo. Fortunately moufflon not hurt, so now could be removed for his herd. Meet in Krc mouflon or Kunratice is not unusual. They live in the woods and Kunraticka happy with the noise popasaji valu between Green Valley and Vienna Street. (For newspapers 19. 5. 2007)

Mouflon Gates said the hospital remained closed for most outstanding health policy. We do not know, therefore, if you tried to get to the local Transplantcentrum famous, or rather to the cardiology

Origin

Not only the appearance of a similar size, but also the same number of chromosomes, the colors of blood and milk have mouflon and primitive breeds of sheep.

Biologists are still seeking to answer the question similar to the chicken and the egg: what was before, or mouflon sheep? Domesticated sheep (Ovis Aries) in the mouflon (Ovis musimon) many common features that may be true as the theory of mouflon is genetic predecessor of today's sheep breeds,and mouflon is zdivocelou form of early domesticated sheep neolitickych.

The second theory supporting excavations of Bronze Age in various places in Sardinia, in which found small statues of sheep, strikingly resembling muflonum. From the Mediterranean islands to moufflon got some way to continental Europe, as evidenced by its fossil remains found in Lower Austria and Sedmihrad Ireland, which is not very different from today's mouflon.

Climatic fluctuations, especially the last ice age, and probably the beast mouflon in Europe for some time shift. Later in antiquity, however, it again behaved mouflon Greeks and Romans. Evidence for this are various images of mouflon, stating that they were used, inter alia, for the fight in the arenas.

In modern times began to be deliberately mouflon distributed throughout the world, in some areas with endemic flora and fauna (in Hawaii or in the Au-stralii), however, made more harm than good.

The relatives of mouflon are in addition to domestic breeds of sheep, goats and cattle also mountain chamois, ibex or mountain goat bezoarova.

We

For the first time for us mouflon were imported from Vienna and the introduction of old fields in Hluboka nad Vltavou in 50 the 19th century and it gradually expanded into other areas. In 1956, the number of mouflon worldwide was estimated at 14 500 pieces, of which lived in Czechoslovakia almost 40 percent. Although exact numbers are unknown, the ratio is still roughly valid. It is noted that in our country today is 15 000 individuals,who are well acclimatised.

In addition to the iron gates in our mouflon perhaps only natural enemy, and yet only a few areas for us: rysa ostrovida. Major threats to moufflon man. Wild mouflon, who have generally lost their shyness, fish Poachers and hunters feast - the owners of hunting grounds clients. They regulate the frequency of the sub-herd that kill mouflon males of working age, sometimes even closed, for their decorative corners.

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