The Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) is a conservation charity,[1] whose purpose is to secure the continued existence and viability of the United Kingdom’s native farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR). It was founded in 1973 to preserve native breeds, and since then no UK-native breed has become extinct.
It maintains a watch list of the United Kingdom's rarest breeds of cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, goats and poultry,[2] and an approved list of farm parks.[3]
Projects have included the collection of genetic material to ensure the future of rare breeds in a farm animal "gene bank". This project received publicity in the wake of the foot-and-mouth disease crisis in the UK and was supported by the Prince of Wales.[4]
RBST supports the marketing of meat from rare breeds through the Traditional Breeds Meat Marketing Company, founded in 2003.
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Designated breeds [edit]
Cattle [edit]
Critical:
- Aberdeen Angus (Op)
- Chillingham Cattle
- Northern Dairy Shorthorn
- Vaynol
- Whitebred Shorthorn
Endangered:
- N/A
Vulnerable:
At Risk:
Minority:
Other Native Breeds:
- British White
- Ayrshire cattle
- Beef Shorthorn
- Belted Galloway
- Devon
- Galloway
- Guernsey
- Hereford
- Highland
- Jersey
- Longhorn
- Luing cattle
- Red Poll
- Shorthorn
- South Devon
- Sussex
- Welsh Black
Sheep [edit]
Critical:
Endangered:
Vulnerable:
- Castlemilk Moorit
- Devon and Cornwall Longwool
- Hill Radnor
- Teeswater
- Balwen Welsh Mountain sheep
At Risk:
- Lincoln Longwool
- Manx Loaghtan
- Norfolk Horn
- Oxford Down
- Portland
- Soay
- Wensleydale
- Whiteface Dartmoor
- Whitefaced Woodland
Minority:
- Other Native Breeds: Badgerface Welsh, Beulah, Black Welsh Mountain, Scottish Blackface, Bluefaced Leicester, Border Leicester, Brecknock Hill, Cheviot, Clun Forest, Dalesbred, Derbyshire Gritstone, Devon Closewool, Exmoor Horn, Hampshire Down, Hebridean, Herdwick, Jacob, Kerry Hill, Llandovery Whiteface Hill, Llanwenog, Lleyn, Lonk, North Country Cheviot, Romney, Rough Fell, Ryeland, Shetland, Southdown, South Wales Mountain, Suffolk, Swaledale, Welsh Hill Speckled, Welsh Mountain and Wiltshire Horn.
Pigs [edit]
Critical:
- N/A
Endangered:
Vulnerable:
- Berkshire
- Large Black
- Tamworth
- Welsh
At Risk:
Minority:
Other Native Breeds:
Goats [edit]
Critical:
- N/A
Endangered:
Vulnerable:
- N/A
At Risk:
- N/A
Minority:
Horses and ponies [edit]
Critical:
Endangered:
Vulnerable:
- Semi-Feral Pony
At Risk:
Minority:
- N/A
Other Native Breeds:
Poultry [edit]
Critical:
- Ancona
- Andalusian
- Brussbar
- Campine
- Croad Langshan
- Hamburgh
- Legbar
- Minorca
- Modern Game
- Modern Langshan
- Nankin
- Rhodebar
- Rosecomb
- Spanish
- Sultan
- Sussex (White)
- Welbar
Endangered:
Vulnerable:
- Cream Legbar
- Derbyshire Redcap
- Indian Game
- Ixworth
- Sussex (Coloured).
At Risk:
- Orpington (Buff)
- Dorking
- Scots Dumpy
- Sussex (Light).
Minority:
- N/A
See also [edit]
Similar organizations [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Rare Breeds Survival Trust, Registered Charity no. 269442 at the Charity Commission
- ^ Rare Breeds Survival Trust watch list accessed February 2012
- ^ Rare Breeds Survival Trust approved farm parks accessed February 2012
- ^ Prince's gift to rare breeds project accessed 25th May 2008
External links [edit]
- Rare Breeds Survival Trust
- Rare Breeds Survival Trust, Registered Charity no. 269442 at the Charity Commission
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