Throughout the world one breed of farm animal becomes extinct every month. The Rare Breeds Survival Trust is working to make sure that this does not happen in the UK. They have produced a watchlist of threatened native cattle, goats, horses, pigs, poultry and sheep. Conservation criteria determine into which category breeds are listed.
Rare breed pigs include:
1. Critical
N/A
2. Endangered
British Lop
3. Vulnerable
Large Black; Middle White
4. At Risk
Tamworth; Welsh; Berkshire
5. Minority
British Saddleback; Gloucestershire Old Spots
Taken from the RBST website
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