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Maasai herdsmen in Kenya have turned to an age-old contraceptive device, the "olor", to protect their precious goat herds from an ongoing drought.

The olor is made from cowhide or a square piece of plastic, and is tied around the belly of the male goat. It prevents the bucks from mating with the female goats. The herdsmen are using the device to limit the goat population and ensure there are not too many animals grazing on sparse vegetation.

"We don't want them to breed in this drought," says Mr Ole Ngoshoi Kipameto, a goat owner in Kajiado district. The area, which is 80km (50 miles) from the capital, Nairobi, has received insufficient rainfall, making the landscape barren and forcing residents to move from place to place in search of pasture and water.

In the Maasai community, livestock are often people's only assets and sole means of survival. "We tie this hide under the belly of the buck for three months. After that we remove it and then they can breed by November when the short rains come," Mr Kipameto says.

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16 responses // Goat condoms save Kenyan herds

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    The Maasai women also know which plants and roots to use for birth control - and these actually work. The Maasai knowledge of medicinal plants is fantastic.

    Vierotchka
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    Very interesting that they would think of this.

    shroomfairy
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    I feel sorry for the guy who has to put them all on the goats. Or would a woman do it? Pretty clever and practical though!

    patsarts
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    I am glad humans have smaller devices that the "olor"!!

    RainbowMan
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    Cock Blocking much?

    ArminaEartha
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    No comment!

    themanwithadog
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    Now if Africa would only use contraception for themselves...

    rob4goods
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    Wow, im glad you made the distinction that males in Africa should use condoms and not 'Africa' itself. I thought that the condom went around the Horn of Africa and protected everyone!

    "Africa has not such a high population or rate of birth. "

    True nit doesnt have the highest population levels, primarily because it cannot support more people... However, why dont you look at the following link and then tell me if your statement of birth rate is true. It's actually the highest per country in the world.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Birth_rate_figures_f...

    And if the countries of Africa start to get proper food production under control (such as Kenya's spearheading of GMC's), it will result in even higher birthrates because the economy appears more stable, allowing families to have more children for labour.

    I'm not sure why you would even have a negetive response to that, when anyone knows that the biggest plights to the beautiful continent are a lack of education and sex education.

    So even though you are completley incorrect.... Thanks for the response!! Cheers.

    rob4goods
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    rob4goods, Africa's birthrate is indeed the highest, but so is its infant and child mortality rate, and its life expectancy rate is also low, so at the end of the day, the demographic growth is lower than that of India or China.

    I have been six times to Africa and spent a great many months there, living with the people and not as a tourist, so I am acutely aware of what their needs are and what it is they lack the most.

    One thing is for certain, imposing GMO crops on Kenya will spell its total ruin.

    Vierotchka
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    Need to do it with the sheep and camels as well as the Sahara Desert is getting larger. Trouble is as soon as anything green pops up it gets eaten.

    Davey1000
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    I'm confused, is the condom for the goat or those that screw the goat?

    HerpyHandcock
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    Now if Africa would only use use contraception for themselves...

    Classic

    Ovan620
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    You just gotta wonder what the goat is thinking when he's trying to make is move.

    eldamon
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    Personally I think this should be altered for human use and then certain men should be elected to wear them................

    rebecca22

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