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The Mangalica (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒŋɡɒlit͡sɒ], also Mangalitsa or Mangalitza) is a Hungarian breed of domestic pig. It was developed in the mid-19th century by crossbreeding breeds from the nearby Romanian Salonta (Hungarian : Nagyszalonta , colloquially Szalonta ) and Hungarian Bakony with the European wild boar and the Serbian ...
Breed Origin Height Weight Color Image Aksai Black Pied: Kazakhstan: 167–182 cm: 240–320 kg (530–710 lb) Black and White--- American Yorkshire: United States
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.
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A fact from Mangalica appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 July 2008, and was viewed approximately 0 times (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Mangalitsa (pictured) is a lard-type pig breed that was the most prominent swine breed in Hungary until 1950?
The Berkshire is a British breed of pig. It originated in the English county of Berkshire, for which it is named. It is normally black, with some white on the snout, on the lower legs, and on the tip of the tail. It is a rare breed in the United Kingdom. It has been exported to a number of countries including Australia, Japan, New Zealand and ...
An Ohio woman was mauled to death and partially eaten by two pigs near her home on Christmas Day, according to reports. Rebecca Westergaard Rigney, 75, was found dead with "injuries to her legs ...
Dutch Landrace sows are the bulk of the female stock for a standardized three-way cross, the Dutch Yorkshire pig, a 3/4 Large White (a.k.a. Yorkshire) and 1/4 Dutch Landrace mix, developed with "great stress on production detail", by the following breeding formula: Large White boar × (Large White boar × Dutch Landrace) sow.