Habitat

The gnu originally comes from the cape provinces of South Africa, but lives is northern parts of the country as well now. It can even be found in the Kruger Parc. Orginally the gnu lived throughout the whole of southern Africa, except for desert-like areas. Both gnu's are herd animals and real grass eaters.

Breeding
Black gnu's have been successfully breeded and reintroduced in the wildlife.

Hunting
At the end of the end century the black gnu's were close to extinction but nowadays we can find them in reasonable numbers again. Athough this is mostly in reservates and/or wildfarms. The stags are the only gnu's that are hunted, the does and calfs are never hunted. The stags that are rejected by the bigger and stronger gnu's often just crash the gates and are hunted for that reason.

GNU MEAT

Gnu meat is comparable to very lean beef, although it is slightly lighter of colour. Be careful when preparing the meat as it is really only suitable to be cooked rare or medium

Cuts:
Just like other antelopes, only the fillets, tenderloins and 4-cuts are available.The meat is vacuumpacked.