It took thousands of years to develop the world's extraordinary range of domesticated farm animals—an estimated 8,800 ...
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-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 ...