The indigenous Kalahari Red goats arrived in South Africa and Namibia with migrating tribes from the north of Africa. Early records describe lob-eared goats in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape, as well as in areas of Namibia.
Farmers in the Northern Cape who preferred red lob-eared goats began selecting a specific type that was slightly smaller than the red-and-white improved Boer goat.
if there was sufficient genetic separation between the Boer goats, Savannahs and Kalahari Reds to warrant registering a new breed. On 5 July 1999, the Kalahari Red Club was founded in Kimberley - and in October 2004, the club merged with the South African Boer Goat Breeders' Society.It has a fine head, round horns bent backwards and a loose, supple skin with folds .The ram is heavier in the head, neck and forequarters.
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