At last the time had come!
A breed presented throughout the recognition process by the Master Breeder, Rainer Dammares, was successful in achieving full breed recognition, under the fine sounding name of 'Old Oriental Owl' (Alteorientalisches Mšvchen) in many attractive colours at the VDT Show in Dortmund 2008.
The Name 'Old Oriental Owl' appeared first in a Breed Portrait in the GeflŸgel Bšrse Magazine 8/2002.
Also as was mentioned in the 'Austrian Small Animal Breeder' this beautiful pigeon is actually not so young and not so new as a breed. You can recognise from the word 'Old' in the breed forename, that this handles on the original form of a breed known here for many decades and with many breeders, the 'Modern' Oriental Owl.
As so often with the many breeds of pigeon on this earth, in the case of the Oriental Owl there has been a process of 'change' over the years and in several regions of the world,
so today, according to the recognition of what constitutes a 'breed' we can recognise without a doubt, at least two breeds.
In the USA, there is also in recent times, a third breed 'type' appeared, supported by a very active breed club, which in the breed characteristics can be placed somewhere between the Old and the Modern Oriental Owl in breed type.
The change in type in the case of the Oriental Owl was found outside its Region of Origin, Anatolia, this change was mostly in Middle and West Europe and also in the USA.
It took a good 150 years before the Oriental Owl in the form seen now, in all its finery and beauty but also with its admittedly extreme features, would be perfected.
East of the former 'Iron Curtain' however there persisted the unchanged and predominantly 'pure' original form.
So a recognition of the 'Young/Oldster' was also more than justified.
Massive interest
Since their first appearance in middle Europe and the first articles in the Fact Press and the first brave attempts in the exhibitions and pigeon markets to present them to a wider audience, the fascination and interest in the 'Old Oriental' or 'Old Satinette' as they are often known for short, has increased enormously.
continues in the March 2011 issue of Featherd World - including pictures on the front cover
