Greg and Elizabeth Kent were also early breeders, who developed their own line of Bengals using ALCs and Egyptian Maus.

Although hairless cats have been reported throughout history, breeders in Europe have been working on the Sphynx breed since the early 1960s.

The first commercial breeders of Hippeastrum were Dutch growers who imported several species ( see list ) from Mexico and South America and began developing cultivars and hybrids from them in the 18th century ; the first of these reached North America early in the 19th century.

Degus are seasonal breeders ; the breeding season for wild degus begins in the Chilean autumn when there is roughly 12 hours light: 12 hours darkness, with pups born in early to mid spring.

The breeders maintain select stock with superior qualities and tend to raise their bees in geographic regions with early springs.

The Army had plenty of cash to purchase them from farmers and breeders, but especially in the early months the quality was mixed.

The typical clutch varies from 2 to 5 eggs with early breeders having larger clutches.

It appears that the early breeders are not the same individuals as the toads that reproduce later in the season.

Large numbers of Percherons were imported to the United States beginning in the early 1870s, and they became popular with draft horse breeders and owners.

In the early 21st century, breeders were advertising " Miniature Bulldogs ", but these would seem to be newly created Bulldog-Pug crossbreeds.

When pony classes began in the early 1920s, breeders began crossing Welsh and Dartmoor ponies with small Thoroughbreds and Arabians.

Even though a stud-book was established in 1924 in the Huzelei after Michal Holländer encouraged it, it was not until the early 1970s that breeders established an organization, Hucul Club, to prevent the extinction there caused by the declining number.

Though low in THC and other cannabinoids, C. ruderaliss early and short flowering period appeal to breeders, and it is reputed to have a greater resistance to insect and disease pressures.

The emphasis of the early breeders was on utility features.

The abbey ruins dominate the skyline today and one can only imagine how it and the monks would have dominated early medieval life as farmers, agriculturalists, horse and cattle breeders.

The name would come from an early breeder, Peter Redbone of Tennessee, though other breeders of note are Mr. Redbone's contemporary, Georgia F. L.

By the early 21st century, the birds are well-established as resident breeders.

In the early 1880s, a group of English Kennel Club breeders decided to embrace a rather ponderous name and an incredible assertion for the brown and black working terriers of the North: they were, they asserted, " the root stock " of all terriers in the British Isles, and they were to be called the " Old English Broken-Haired Black and Tan.

Great Australian players in the early years included batsmen Border, Boon, Taylor and Steve Waugh.

Wool production provided an early basis for the South Australian economy.

* The Atlantics, an Australian surf rock band formed in the early 1960s

Originating from the early intercolonial matches, these tests continued well after Federation of Australia in 1901 and the Australian Football Council co-ordinated regular interstate carnivals.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the game spread with the Australian Diaspora to areas such as New Zealand and South Africa ; however this growth went into rapid decline following World War I.

This connection was first formally made by Dr George Bennett of the Australian Museum in 1871, but in the early 1990s, palaeontologist Pat Vickers-Rich and geologist Neil Archbold also cautiously suggested that Aboriginal legends " perhaps had stemmed from an acquaintance with prehistoric bones or even living prehistoric animals themselves ...

In the early 1870s Darwin felt the effects of a gold rush at Pine Creek after employees of the Australian Overland Telegraph Line found gold while digging holes for telegraph poles.

Particularly well known species include the frog Oxyglossus pusillus ( Owen ) of the Eocene of India and the toothed frog Indobatrachus, an early lineage of modern frogs, which is now placed in the Australian family Myobatrachidae.

Then in the early 1980s there were major changes in the Australian brewing industry, including the merger of Castlemaine ( Brisbane ), Swan ( Perth ) and Toohey's ( Sydney ) into a national brewing group, as a result of acquisitions by Perth entrepreneur Alan Bond.

In the early hours of 17 July, the Australian 24th Brigade — supported by 44th Royal Tank Regiment (" RTR ") and strong fighter cover from the air — assaulted Miteirya ridge ( known as " Ruin ridge " to the Australians ).

In the early 1970s, the Australian archaeologist Karl Kromer excavated a mound in the South Field of the plateau.

In the early 19th century some pioneering European settlers began occupying the land, for timber-cutting ( mainly ironbark and Australian red cedar ), lime production and grazing.

Supporters of Unions, such as the ACTU or Australian Labor Party, often credit trade unions with leading the labour movement in the early 20th century, which generally sought to end child labour practices, improve worker safety, increase wages for both union workers and non-union workers, raise the entire society's standard of living, reduce the hours in a work week, provide public education for children, and bring other benefits to working-class families.

Fraser developed an early reputation as an Australian liberal, and he had a long wait for ministerial preferment.

Later that year, in the context of a series of ministerial scandals that were rocking the Whitlam government, Fraser opted to use the Coalition opposition Senate numbers to delay the government's budget bills with the objective of achieving an early election ( see 1975 Australian constitutional crisis ).

In Australia, terrestrial placental mammals disappeared early in the Cenozoic ( their most recent known fossils being 55 million year old teeth resembling those of condylarths ) for reasons that are not clear, allowing marsupials to dominate the Australian ecosystem.

The hunger strike was concluded in early January 2004 when an Australian medical team agreed to visit the island.

* 1975 – Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December.

In early September 1942 Japanese marines attacked a strategic Royal Australian Air Force base at Milne Bay, near the eastern tip of Papua.

Many city and suburban pubs gained renown for their support of live music, and many prominent Australian bands — including AC / DC, Cold Chisel, The Angels and The Dingoes — cut their teeth at these venues in the early days of their careers.

Stylistically, UK and Australian soap operas, which are usually produced for early evening timeslots, fall somewhere in-between US daytime and evening soap operas.

The majority of Australian television soap operas are produced for early evening or evening timeslots.

In these Australian states and territories, half-caste institutions ( both government and missionary ) were established in the early decades of the 20th century for the reception of these separated children.

The group also picked up a cult following in Australia thanks to the support of the Sydney rock radio station 2JJ ( now Triple-J ) and the nationally broadcast weekly music TV show Countdown, which screened all of the band's early videos ( beginning with their first Australian single release-" This Is Pop "); thanks to this interest, the group made two well-received tours there in 1979 and 1980.