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An 1834 painting of a Gloucestershire Old Spot in the Gloucester City Museum & Art Gallery collection. Said to be the largest pig ever bred in Britain. [1]The Gloucestershire Old Spots (also Gloucester, Gloucester Old Spot, Gloucestershire Old Spot [2] or simply Old Spots [3]) is an English breed of pig which is predominantly white with black spots.
Gloucestershire Old Spots: United Kingdom---220–280 kg (490–620 lb) ... Storey's Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle and Pigs. Storey Publishing.
It is the only red-coloured British pig. [4]: 700 Its origins are unknown, but it appears to have developed near the town of Tamworth in south-eastern Staffordshire, close to Warwickshire border. [4]: 700 It is one of seven British pig breeds listed by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust as 'priority', the highest level of concern of the trust. [5]
ZEELAND, Mich. - Mr. Chops has died. The world's oldest living pig, who resided at the Critter Barn educational farm in Zeeland, died earlier this month, according to Critter Barn owner Mary ...
It is believed to be one of the oldest British breeds of pig. [4] It has been known by many names, among them the Axford, the Old Oxford, the Oxford Forest Pig, the Plum Pudding Pig and the Sandy Oxford. [5]: 70 Like the Blue Albion breed of cattle, it became extinct in the 1960s or 1970s, and was subsequently re-created. [1]: xxviii
This is a list of pig breeds usually considered to originate or have developed in Canada and the United States. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.
The Lincolnshire Curly Coat or Lincolnshire Curly-coated, also known as the Baston Pig, is an extinct British breed of domestic pig. [1]: 359 It originated in, and was named for, the county of Lincolnshire, in the East Midlands. Like many other traditional pig breeds, it became rare after the Second World War. By 1970, it had disappeared.
Pages in category "Pig breeds" The following 109 pages are in this category, out of 109 total. ... Gascon pig; Gloucestershire Old Spots; Göttingen minipig; Grice ...