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Its public site is the South of England Rare Breeds Centre at Woodchurch, near Ashford, Kent, which was set up to provide skills and training to people with learning disabilities. It is a working farm, and also operates as a tourist attraction.
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Rare breed livestock consists of breeds of domesticated animal, generally developed for use in agriculture, which are considered by one or more national charity as being endangered or threatened. A number of societies exist worldwide to preserve these animals.
The story of the Tamworth Two has been retold in media coverage of other animal escapes, including in December 2001 when a turkey escaped from a farm and walked three miles to a bird sanctuary [7] and April 2009, when 180 pigs escaped from the lorry taking them to the Malton Bacon Factory in York after it was involved in an accident.
Woodchurch also boasts the Woodchurch Village Life Museum located on Susan's Hill and the South of England Rare Breeds Centre is located a mile out of the village on the Hamstreet road (B2067). [ 7 ] The village also has its own Morris dancing side, Woodchurch Morris Men, who started dancing together in 1990 to perpetuate the ancient tradition ...
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In 1991, Cook's wife, Maureen Cook (née Totton), developed the site further by introducing a rare breeds farm, named the Ponderosa Rare Breeds Farm, which was built upon a 7-acre (2.8 ha) landfill between two disused railway lines. [3] By 2002, the centre had grown to house around 150 animals, including wallabies and water buffalo.