Hundreds of livestock breeds have gone extinct—but some Australian farmers are keeping endangered breeds alive
It took thousands of years to develop the world's extraordinary range of domesticated farm animals—an estimated 8,800 livestock breeds across 38 farmed species.
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Rare pigs 'crucial missing piece' to recovery of rewilding land
That's why we, along with many other rewilding projects, have turned to rare-breed pigs to take on the role of their wild ancestors. READ MORE: M5 traffic was at 'standstill' in both directions ...
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From snorts to snouts: ten facts about pigs
1. There are 11 native British pig breeds and all of them are at risk of extinction according to the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Most pork and bacon comes from cross-bred hybrid pigs which started ...
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Establishment of Cryo-bank System for Vietnamese Native Pig Resources and Sustainable Production System to Conserve Bio-diversity
In order to protect these rare breeds as pig germplasm, the project is creating a cryogenic gene bank (cryo-bank) system that stores sperm, oocytes, fertilized oocytes, etc., and promotes their ...