The future of the UK’s iconic native pig breeds is becoming increasingly insecure in the wake of the wider pig industry crisis, warns the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) as it publishes its new RBST Watchlist.
Report
This year marks 50 years of the charity’s work to save and safeguard the future of rare and native livestock and equine breeds since RBST was formed in 1973. The RBST Watchlist is the annual situation report for these breeds, reflecting robust measures of the genetic diversity within each breed and the number of breeding females registered. See the full list of breeds concerned at www.rbst.org.uk
The British Landrace pig breed, already in the RBST Watchlist’s most urgent priority category,
