I am new to this amazing site & I'm very enthusiasm - feel like I'm 20 again! So please excuse my "licence".

To answer the questions

The Asiatic domestic buffalo would have been domesticated from the wild ones many centuries ago - just like pigs, donkeys, horses etc. There are many local "breeds" of deomestic buffalo - some of them have tight curled horns which look more like an inverted Argali horn!

The BNHS site I refered to is just for scientific research source. Check this IUCN site http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/3129/all. The IUCN (International Union for concervation of Nature) info is depressing when they say that the true 100% pure wild buffalo might be extince & the current populations might be cross breeds!

I just googled "India+Wild Buffalo" & found this http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&...earch&meta=