Buying a goat in Saudi Arabia

Arab News:

Aaid ibn Al-Zarif ibn Al-Ziraif ibn Akif is not just a man’s name. Aaid is a male goat with a blood relationship to Al-Wardi, a prized male Damascene goat, a particular breed with a distinctive face.

It is not a joke as this blood relation is what concerns goat buyers and owners in the Kingdom. Those interested in goats will always emphasize the family trees of their goats in order to guarantee their pure breeding and their belonging to a well-known goat family.

“It is not only Aaid who is well-respected,” said Abdullah Al-Hajri, an organizer of goat auctions in the Eastern Province, adding that another sought-after male goat is Jarad Abu Jarad Abu Sami.

Al-Hajri and other goat dealers, especially those of the Damascene goats, want to protect the pedigree of this goat today. The Damascene goats were brought to the Kingdom from Syria by collectors some 40 years ago and since then have become a prized breed.

Al-Hajri is now thinking of setting up a company that would test the DNA of the goats to make sure they belong to the desired group. They would, he said, and then issue certificates that verify the purity of breed.

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Some might call this form of goat buying obsessive compulsive. I think it might lead to a goat bubble in the kingdom. DNA testing for goats? I guess making cabrito from them is out of the question. It is a real delicacy along the Rio Grande border.

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