The autochthonous buffalo of South Eastern Europe are little known outside of a small group of experts. There is not much literature about the different varieties or even any certainty about how many varieties there really are. Likewise, there is not much stock data to work with. In the light of this situation, SAVE Foundation has decided to act before it is too late. The main threat, apart from lack of knowledge, would appear to be the cross-breeding with Murrah. Whilst this cross-breeding is understandable, it is nevertheless important to maintain purebred stock that is especially adapted to the region.

The Workshop was supported by Fondation Assistence, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
and Graf Fabrice, von Gundlach und Payne-Smith Stiftung, Chur, Switzerland

• Workshop Programme
  

Locations and Participants (situation on 2 May):

• Workshop location Sighisoara
• Roundtabel location village Crit
  
• Participants Workshop
• Participants Roundtable

Basic papers:

• Discussion paper on Buffalo types (updated version)
  
• Discussion paper on the origin of European Waterbuffalo
  
• Buffalo in Europe
  
• Buffalo descriptions_Mason

Abstracts:

• Buffalo in Albania (L.Papa, K.Kume)
  
• Buffalo in Greece (Y.Kazoglou, D.Patousis, E.Komninou)
  
• Buffalo in Romania (C.Zanc)
  
• Buffalo in Serbia (S.Stojanovic)
  
• Buffalo in Ukraine (M.Jacobi)

Presentations:

• Europe: SAVE Foundation and the Buffalo-Network in SEE (H.Grunenfelder, 484 KB)
  
• Europe: Buffalo and Buffalo Market in Europe (A.Borghese, 1 MB)
  
• Albania: The Albanian buffalo; Case study of a successful in-situ conservation programme (L.Papa, K.Kume, 1.7 MB)
  
• Greece: Current status of the buffalo population in Greece 2011 (Y.Kazoglou, D.Patousis, E.Komninou, 744 KB)
  
• Romania: The Firtos water buffalo farm at Enlaka (600 masl) (G.Kolumban, 468 KB)
  
• Romania: Buffalo from Hatzeg county and Timisoara's Banat (M.Matiuti, 256 KB)
  
• Romania: GDG-Consultancy for buffalo in Transylvania (C.Zanc, 20 KB)
  
• Serbia: Status of Water Buffalo in Serbia 2011 (S.Stojanovic, S.Ivanov, 468 KB)
  
• Serbia: Buffalo in Dimitrovgrad/Serbia (pictures) (S.Ivanov, 416 KB)
  
• Ukraine: Management of buffalo in Ukraine 2011 (M.Jacobi, 1.04 MB)

Reports of the Working Group

• Summary of presentations (E.Broxham, 136 KB)
  
• Report Buffalo Workshop (384 KB)
  
• Report Romanian Roundtable (340 KB)