Breed: Grisons Striped
Synonyms: Bündner Strhlenziege (German), Grigionese strisciata (Italian)
Species: Goat
Country: Switzerland
Description: The Grisons Striped goat is a robust breed which feels at home most of all in the moutains. It prefers stony and steep landscapes.
History: In the 1930s it achieved Honor for Recognition and Promotion, in contrast to the other goats from the canton Graubünden. The strength of the breed is its suitability for mountainous regions.
Low milk production is a reason why the stocks in the last decades have sunk continually. The remaining breeders had to recognize that the breed was becoming more endangered the longer it existed.
In the fall of 1992 twelve bucks registered in the herd books remained, a dangerously narrow basis. With the support of the canton the breeders have joined themselves together into a Community of Interests of the Grisons Striped Goat. They intend to take the promotion of the breed by the hand and above all devote attention to milk production and the avoidance of inbreeding. In 1994 four bucks and two nannies were imported from Great Britain which have the same color characteristics as the Ray Goat, but significantly better milk production.
Uses: Its milk production, however, is not equal to that of the milk breeds.
Breed Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grisons_Striped
Link: → http://afs.okstate.edu/breeds/goats/grisonsstriped/index.html/