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The Lolli Bros Exotic Animal sale will be held in Macon, Missouri from Septmeber 24 through September 27, 2014. Exotic cattle which includes Watusi will sell on Thursday the 25th. http://lollibros.com/ExoticSales/ExoticCattle/tabid/59/Default.aspx
Editor’s note: Recently Darol Dickinson and Maureen Neidhardt exchanged some information on Facebook about the history of the WWA and Watusi cattle. We are reposting this here to share with others interested in Watusi Cattle.
Darol: In the early days of WWA everyone was encouraged to do the Watusi breed up program, mostly with Watusi bulls bred to Texas Longhorn cows. People raised half Watusi, then 3/4, then on up to a high percent Watusi. This created the greatest boom in the Watusi industry. In 1979 when we bought 15 Watusi from Rare Animal Survival Center in Ocala, FL, it was thought there were less than 50 original bloodline Watusi in North America. Many of these were owned by zoos. Nelson Rockefeller and I both bought cattle from RASC about the same time. He got 3 cows and a bull. The rest were in zoos.
The World Watusi Association has been utilizing the services of the International Texas Longhorn Association in Glen Rose, Texas for our business office and registration work. Although we have been very pleased with the professional handling provided by the ITLA, computer programing changes have made it more viable for us to move our office. The good news is that the Registrar that you are all familiar with, Robin Hancock, has agreed to continue to provide us with her able assistance.
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We wanted to keep everyone advised that our group is experiencing some serious health problems. Both Angie Base (wife of our President Vernon) and Pam Jackson (wife of our Vice President, Richard and herself our Association Secretary), are fighting some serious health issues. We want to wish them both well and let them know that they are in all of our thoughts.
Well as the Holdiay season races forward we are all probably knee deep in preparations for the coming events. We just wanted to update and remind our members of a few items. Remember that our memberships run from January through December. If you have not done so you might take this time to send your renewal into the office in Texas before you forget.
We want to welcome our newly elected Board Member, Derrick Passey of Raymond, Alberta, Canada. We will be introducing Derrick here at Watusicattle.com with a farm focus feature in the next few weeks. We have posted multiple of his charming photos over the past few years here on the website. You can search through the posts to see them.
The World Watusi Association would like to wish Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of our members and enthusiasts. Keep warm and safe.
Bill Langley of Highlandville, Missouri displays the skull of Immaculate’s Doll, a Sea Wolf daughter. She’s now on display on Sanibel Island in FL with a plaque promoting the Watusi breed.
These are some of the animals offered at the Lolli Bros. Fall 2013 exotic sale in Macon, Missouri. Lolli Bros usually has a nice selection of registered watusi at each of their four sales per year.
Matt and Laura Moffat of Piedmont, Oklahoma have only been in the Watusi world for the last two years. They submitted some photos of a portion of their herd not only to brag, but also to exhibit the temperament that can be seen in Watusi. They are raising their two daughters, Reese and Gentry Rose that they are raising right with the cattle and now they are working on number three of their own. Our next generation of Watusi enthusiasts in the making. (Click photos to enlarge)
Hi Everyone,
The WWA annual Membership meeting, meal and get-together will be held Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at Noland’s Catering, 3002 Jims Road, Macon, Missouri, (660)-395-9141. This is the night prior to the cattle sale. Please plan to attend…. good food, great company and a fun auction. All proceeds go to help support your association.
All too often we tend to forget that nature usually balances itself out and we have a basic 50/50 breakdown of the sexes. Watusi breeders sometimes seem to forget that one of the most popular reasons that people buy watusi cattle is as a sort of decoration. To this end we should all consider the alternative of steers. Not all males can or should be herdsires, they don’t have to be dinner either. Seeing what people like Tom Ward of Norman, Oklahoma have done with some of their excess males should open our eyes to one of these alternatives.
