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There are about 2000 Heck cattle in Europe and few elsewhere. Since it was claimed by the Heck brothers that their breed is a resurrected wild animal, which has been accepted by many people without criticism, Heck cattle has been proposed as suited animals for some conservation projects. In Oostvaardersplassen in Flevoland near Lelystad (Netherlands), there are about 600 Heck cattle freely roaming. Weak animals often are shot by hunters in order to prevent unnecessary suffering. Other cattle are at the Falkenthaler Rieselfelder near Berlin. There are also Heck Cattle at the Nesseaue nature reserve near Jena, Thuringia and at the Grubenfelder Leonie nature reseve in Auerbach, Bavaria. There were about 100 registered in France in 2000. In 2009 nine cows and four bulls were imported to south west England from Belgium. Derek Gow, a British conservationist who operates a rare breeds farm on the Devonshire-Cornwall border, bought a herd of 13 Heck cattle in 2009.
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