News & Updates, Organization

New contact information

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.

Please visit our contact page for the most up-to-date contact information.

Information, Members, Miscellaneous, News & Updates

Health problems

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.

Miscellaneous

A little piece of history from Darol Dickinson

From left: breeder Darol Dickinson, embryologist Za Johnson

From left: breeder Darol Dickinson, embryologist Za Johnson

This is the first Full Watusi embryo Transplant born in North America.  It was 1980. Sire was Jimmy the Swede and the dam was a Rare Animal Survival cow.  Me on the left and embryologist Za Johnson on the right. This was at our lab at Calhan, Colorado.  This calf came at great cost in the early days of embryo transfer.  There were only a few.

News & Updates, Organization

Updates from the WWA

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.

Herds and Farms, Members

Trip to Florida

One of our newer members is Don Morgan, Keystone Heights,  Florida.   Recently he took delivery of a shipment of animals from various farms, Heiken’s Ark, Des Moines, Iowa; Matt Moffat, Piedmont, OK; Black Walnut Springs, Highlandville, MO; Barry Retchloff, Rogersville, MO and Liar’s Lake, Sparta, MO.  Don has shared some photos of his beautiful animals with us.    CLICK THE PHOTOS TO MAKE THEM LARGER.  dmorgsups@aol.com 

WWA members Don Morgan and Joy Rider petting Don’s herdsire, BWS Popeye. DH Lightening and her 2012 heifer in background.
Herds and Farms

Does not know he is cattle…

WWA member Joy Rider of Black Walnut Springs farm in Highlandville, Missouri submitted this photo with the following caption:  “BWS Holy Cody is a 2011 model (by Sarah Serendipity and TW Booger).  This is the little guy I brought to your place at just a few days old that Dianna Rickard used in her petting zoo that season.  He’ll be one of my young herd sires for the 2014 breeding season IF we can convince him he’s a watusi.” This great young prospect has already been to five Watusi farms, Black Walnut Springs two times, Fantasy Corral in Woodville, Wisconsin, Matt Moffat of Piedmont, Oklahoma and Liar’s Lake in Sparta, Missouri and now Joy expects him to go to work.

 

Joy Rider petting BWS Holy Cody
Joy Rider petting BWS Holy Cody

The World Watusi Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of African Ankole- Watusi cattle.