Sunday, October 5, 2008

Goat 'condoms' save Kenyan herds




Recently, i have read an article which is published on the BBC News website about Maasai herdsmen in Kenya have turned to an age-old contraceptive device, the "olor", to limit the goat population during the draught season. It is to ensure there are not too many animals grazing on sparse vegetation. The olor is made from cowhide or a square piece of plastic, and is tied around the belly of the male goat. It prevents them to mate with the female goats.

In the Maasai community, livestock are often people's only assets. The buck's owner will tie the olor on its belly for three months and will just remove it in November when the short rains come. I enjoyed reading the article because it is interesting and i gain new knowledge after reading it.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7648860.stm, written by Ruth Nesoba

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Yep. They are smart people, are not they?