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The Livestock Conservancy, formerly known as the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) and prior to that, the American Minor Breeds Conservancy, is a nonprofit organization focused on preserving and promoting rare breeds, also known as "heritage breeds" of livestock. Founded in 1977, through the efforts of livestock breed enthusiasts ...
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.
These livestock and poultry breeds are on the Livestock Conservancy's Conservation Priority List for either being historically notable or an endangered breed. Pages in category "Conservation Priority Breeds of the Livestock Conservancy"
The Rare Breeds Survival Trust is a conservation charity [2] whose purpose is to secure the continued existence and viability of the native farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR) of the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1973 by Joe Henson to preserve native breeds; [1] since then, no UK-native breed has become extinct.
One of the rarest goat breeds in the world, the New Zealand Arapawa goat is, according to the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, critically close to extinction. A small, dual-purpose animal that was found isolated on the island of Arapawa in the Marlborough Sounds of New Zealand, there is evidence to support the belief that the Arapawa ...
The Nature Conservancy bought the island in the 1970s, rounded up the sheep, and removed them to prevent overgrazing. [3] The breed is extremely rare today; with fewer than 200 registered animals it is listed as "critical" by The Livestock Conservancy .
Conservation Priority Breeds of the Livestock Conservancy (124 P) H. Heirloom tomato cultivars (15 P) L. Landraces (12 C, 4 P) ... List of rare breed livestock charities;
The SVF Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that seeks to preserve rare breeds of livestock. It is the only private organization in the United States that preserves rare livestock by gathering and storing both semen and embryos of the animals in its collection, a technique called cryopreservation. [1] [2]