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Srab, son of Sarah, a sister of Bedui, around 1980, owned by Linke;
he had a litter with Ghezala, his son was Srab 2, his brother was Azem © Biebach

The Sloughis of the Bergmanns and those around them

The breeding of Arabian horses was of Brigitte Biebach writes and explains:
great importance to the Bergmanns. In
their shadow, however, there were also “… We have just brought in the slides of
Sloughis, which have been passed onto Tunisia from the metal cupboard in the
western breeders outside North Africa and hayloft, which are from 1971/72. Well, I also
some are still there today. remember that the Bergmanns didn't have a

Sloughi back then. The first was Srab, a
Roland Stichelmeir writes: sand-colored male [see photo above]. Until

then, the Bergmanns had bred their Old
“... At that time there were also numerous German Shepherds. So, there is no Sloughi
nomads in northern Tunisia who moved pictured on the slides, I then looked through

with their herds to the summer pastures, the old albums again and there was the 1st
whether from Libya, Tunisia or Algeria, is Sloughi in 1980 [Srab], often with 2 Old
unclear. The existence of these people was German Shepherd dogs."
denied by the state, they did not have a

passport." Their first Sloughis were probably from
Meknassy. Since Heinz-Gerd also worked in
“… Our bitch Assia was by Bes Bes (1983) out Algeria, Sloughis were also brought from

of Ghoula (1979) from Meknassy, they came there to Tunisia.
from the local breed, so they did not come
from the Bergmanns. The pedigrees are
actually identical, but the breeders were in
Meknassy."