Once again, as usual in this particular topic, a lot of postulation and inaccurate “facts” are being thrown around at the moment.
First off, there is absolutely *zero* risk of any accidental inbreeding occurring at ALS. If Johnson ended up breeding one of his daughters, it would absolutely have been a deliberate decision by management, due to the management style used at the park.
Secondly, ALS has exactly FOUR mature breeding cows. Lily, Natasha, Opal, and Emily. Their next oldest potential breeding cow would be Nelly, who is currently 10. All the others are 8 and under.
Baylor and Ongard, both of whom are 14, would be prime candidates to go to ALS. At their age, they now outsize in both height and weight, all but the tallest and largest of cows. Couple that with the fact that ALL of their potential breeding cows, barring four, are 10 or less, there would likely be zero issues with a younger bull successfully breeding them. Even for the older four, simply do one last round of breeding by Johnson if so desired before he departs, and by the time they were ready to conceive again, the hypothetical bull in this situation would be *at least* 17-18 years old, which is, generally speaking, more than old enough to deal even with socially stubborn adult cows (which, none of the breeding girls at ALS are. Johnson started breeding with all of them when he was only 12 or 13).
Also most Asian bulls are *fertile* between 10 and 12 years old. Doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re mature enough to have a cow submit to them for breeding, but they are indeed fertile.
Also, there’s not a chance that Ongard would head to ALS. I don’t think it’s something that San Diego (who owns him) would permit. Baylor would be a significant amount more likely, both because he has multiple full brothers in the states, and also because Houston has sent animals there before, albeit decade ago now. Their management also seems much more elephant, as opposed to PR, minded when it comes to such things.
