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Are Ladoums sacrificed at Tabaski?

Almost never for elite animals: a Ladoum breeding ram is worth millions of FCFA and pursues its career at the farm. Sheep sacrificed at Tabaski are generally other breeds or off-standard Ladoums.

Tabaski remains the breed's great visibility moment: the season of shows, sales and publicised records. But the elite Ladoum economy is one of breeding and prestige, not sacrifice.

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