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 ...

Rare breeds are as much a part of our heritage as country houses ... the Irish Moiled and Lincoln Red are in the vulner-able (under 450) category. Endangered pigs British Lop If you asked a child to ...

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-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 ...

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 ...

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: Inside the pure imagination café where 'unfinished' is ...