Limousin pedigree row rumbles on as passports withdrawn for 62 animals

In a statement the British Limousin Cattle Society (BLCS) said BCMS withdrew passports for various Ballinloan and other Ballinloan related animals, due to ‘errors relating to the registration of either the date of birth and/or the parentage of the animals concerned’.

This comes after the bull Ballinloan Jaegerbomb, which was bred by Stuart Fotheringham, had his pedigree status put on hold early last year, after doubts were raised about his parentage, specifically the bull’s dam, which at the time was thought to be the Neuf daughter – Ballinloan Fruttella.

However in March last year, the breed society issued a statement, which said the issue had been ‘successfully resolved’. DNA testing showed Jaeberbomb’s dam was in fact Ballinloan Geneva, and the bull was allowed to retain its pedigree status.

Pedigree status

At the time the breed society said: "For clarity, Ballinloan Jaegerbomb retains his pedigree status. All progeny registered to him, and any calves to be registered, will have a full pedigree status as per normal.”

Taking to their Facebook page this week, the owner of Jaegerbomb, Ian Handley, of Gunnerfleet Limousins said: “We are utterly devastated as you can imagine after the late in the day phone call [on Wednesday 1 May] to be told that progeny of Ballinloan Jaegerbomb cannot be sold.

“We are doing all we can to try and resolve any issues. But at this present time our future with Limousins looks bleak. There seems no light at the end of the tunnel. We are in the dark as much as you are at the moment.

“Our hearts go out to all the other breeders in the same devasting situation as us. Unable to trade any Jaegerbomb progeny. Also, we ask you please do not to AI any cattle to Jaegerbomb until further notice.”