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Tauros Programme
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<p>The Tauros Programme, formerly known as TaurOs Project, is a cooperation between the Dutch foundation <a href="/facts/Stichting_Taurus/xMzV8pQt">Stichting Taurus</a> and universities such as the <a href="/facts/Wageningen_University_and_Research_Centre/R5TJfIla">Wageningen University and Research Centre</a>. It is an international effort to breed a type of cattle that resembles the extinct <a href="/facts/Aurochs/HnJHxa12">aurochs</a>, the wild ancestor of domestic cattle. </p><p>The project largely uses hardy cattle breeds with superficial resemblance to the extinct aurochs. By <a href="/facts/Crossbreed/VDRf1JWq">crossbreeding</a> and <a href="/facts/Selective_breeding/CAkkM2UG">selective breeding</a> it tries to establish similarity to the aurochs. The long-term goal is to release these Tauros cattle into <a href="/facts/Pleistocene_rewilding/d3jqrjzV">rewilding</a> areas. The project was founded in 2008, and the actual breeding program started the following year. </p>