Pinzgauer and PINZ2YL Cattle Breeders Society of South Africa

The Pinzgauer originates from the Pinzgau region in Austria and has been around since 400AD. Pinzgauer cattle were first imported to Africa in 1902 to the former South-West Africa now known as Namibia. It was in Namibia that the late Mr. Bertie van Zyl (founder of ZZ2 and former president of the International Pinzgauer Breeders™ Association) first saw these splendid animals and was so impressed with the cattle breed that in 1962 he imported the first Pinzgauers to South Africa. The offspring of these Pinzgauers still graze and dwell the Mooketsi valley, Limpopo where the ZZ2 farming conglomerate is based.