Our bull and gator logo symbolize the historical clash of two different worlds: the cold and rugged Scottish Mountains and the dense tropical swamps of coastal Georgia. The tenacious Scottish Highlanders who first settled Sapelo Island are represented by the fierce bull and the ferocious American Alligator that has remained for eons the apex predator depict Sapelo. The surrounding circle represents Sapelo’s Shell Rings constructed by primitive Indians over 5,000 years ago, their ritual purpose is still an enigma to archeologists today.

The first of the Scottish Clans arriving in Georgia in the early and mid 1700’s brought wild cattle to the region and to the isolated island of Sapelo. This was as instinctive as it was practical for the Highlanders to have done. For well over 2000 years their forefathers drove their ancient herds through the wild and wind-swept mountains of Scotland. Now centuries later, offspring of those wild cattle roam freely on Sapelo Island. “Tarb-duba” or black bulls in Gaelic, as the early Scottish on Sapelo referred to them, have not only survived isolated seven miles from the mainland but have actually thrived in the primeval alligator bogs and shark infested inlets for over 250 years.

The wild cattle of Sapelo are uncharacteristically nocturnal, as is the apex land predator the American alligator. Perhaps this distinction of Sapelo’s cattle came about as Darwin stated, “preservation to a local and immediate environment”. Our logo reflects these two imposing creatures contesting the same ground, a centuries old struggle of adaptation between two unlikely beasts.

We hope to give more exposure to the wild cattle of Sapelo through our Feral Forward Project.

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