Good-quality pork and bacon. A perfect first-timer’s pig very docile and easy to handle British Lop One of the most endangered of the native breeds (along with Middle White), originally from Devon.

That's why we, along with many other rewilding projects, have turned to rare-breed pigs to take on the role of their wild ancestors. READ MORE: M5 traffic was at 'standstill' in both directions ...

1. There are 11 native British pig breeds and all of them are at risk of extinction according to the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Most pork and bacon comes from cross-bred hybrid pigs which started ...

Rare breeds are as much a part of our heritage as country houses,' says Dawn Teverson ... The Whitebred Shorthorn is listed as endangered (under 250), and the Irish Moiled and Lincoln Red are in the ...

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Rare-breed pigs take longer to mature than the breeds selected for modern farming methods and are generally very well cared for in a natural environment. Although this means the end product is ...

The Rare Breeds Survival Trust Scotland has appointed Rebecca McLellan as its new chair, bringing fresh leadership to the group’s vital work.

In order to protect these rare breeds as pig germplasm, the project is creating a cryogenic gene bank (cryo-bank) system that stores sperm, oocytes, fertilized oocytes, etc., and promotes their ...