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Closeup of Ostrich Head, Safari Ostrich Farm, Oudtshoorn | Little Karoo - Western Cape, South Africa (IMG_8901.jpg)

Closeup of Ostrich Head, Safari Ostrich Farm, Oudtshoorn

Farmers in the Klein Karoo farm with the Oudtshoorn ostrich (Struthio camelus domesticus), or the South African Black as it is frequently referred to. The South African government and local ostrich farmers from Oudtshoorn launched a cross-breeding programme in the early 1900s and cross bred the ostriches from North Africa and East Africa to get what today is known as the South African Black Ostrich. They did this to achieve higher quality plumage for the international feather market and an ostrich with a docile nature.
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