Rare Breed Pigs

Throughout the world one breed of farm animal becomes extinct every month. The Rare Breeds Survival Trust is working to make sure that this does not happen in the UK. They have produced a watchlist of threatened native cattle, goats, horses, pigs, poultry and sheep. Conservation criteria determine into which category breeds are listed.

Rare breed pigs include:

1. Critical

 N/A

2. Endangered

 British Lop

3. Vulnerable

 Large Black; Middle White 

4. At Risk

Tamworth; Welsh;  Berkshire

5. Minority

British Saddleback; Gloucestershire Old Spots

For more information on each of the rare breeds listed, click on the name. For information on our pigs click here.