Rare Breeds Survival Trust
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| Formation | 1973 |
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| Founder | Joe Henson[1] |
| Type | Conservation charity |
| Legal status | Registered charity |
| Purpose | Conservation of native livestock breeds of the United Kingdom |
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Region served
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United Kingdom |
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Chief executive officer
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Tom Beeston |
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Director of finance
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Denise Chillcott |
| Website | rbst |
| Remarks | Charity no. 269442 |
The Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) is a conservation charity[2] whose purpose is to secure the continued existence and viability of the native farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR) of the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1973 by Joe Henson to preserve native breeds;[1] since then, no UK-native breed has become extinct.
It maintains a watch list of rare native breeds of cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, goats and poultry,[3] and an approved list of farm parks.[4]
Projects have included the collection of genetic material to ensure the future of rare breeds in a farm animal "gene bank". This project received publicity in the wake of the foot-and-mouth disease crisis in the UK and was supported by the Prince of Wales.[5]
RBST supports the marketing of meat from rare breeds through the Traditional Breeds Meat Marketing Company, founded in 2003.
Contents
Designated breeds
Cattle
Critical:
- Aberdeen Angus (Op)
- Chillingham cattle
- Northern Dairy Shorthorn
- Vaynol Cattle
- Whitebred Shorthorn
Endangered:
- N/A
Vulnerable:
At risk:
Minority:
Other native breeds:
- British White
- Ayrshire cattle
- Beef Shorthorn
- Belted Galloway
- Devon
- Galloway
- Guernsey
- Hereford
- Highland
- Jersey
- Longhorn
- Luing cattle
- Red Poll
- Shorthorn
- South Devon
- Sussex
- Welsh Black
Sheep
Critical:
Endangered:
Vulnerable:
- Castlemilk Moorit
- Devon and Cornwall Longwool
- Hill Radnor
- North Ronaldsay
- Teeswater
- Balwen Welsh Mountain sheep
At risk:
- Lincoln Longwool
- Manx Loaghtan
- Norfolk Horn
- Oxford Down
- Portland
- Soay
- Wensleydale
- Whiteface Dartmoor
- Whitefaced Woodland
Minority:
- Other native breeds: Badgerface Welsh, Beulah, Black Welsh Mountain, Scottish Blackface, Bluefaced Leicester, Border Leicester, Brecknock Hill, Cheviot, Clun Forest, Dalesbred, Derbyshire Gritstone, Devon Closewool, Exmoor Horn, Hampshire Down, Hebridean, Herdwick, Jacob, Kerry Hill, Llandovery Whiteface Hill, Llanwenog, Lleyn, Lonk, North Country Cheviot, Romney, Rough Fell, Ryeland, Shetland, Southdown, South Wales Mountain, Suffolk, Swaledale, Welsh Hill Speckled, Welsh Mountain and Wiltshire Horn.
Pigs
Critical:
- N/A
Endangered:
Vulnerable:
- Berkshire
- Large Black
- Tamworth
- Welsh
At risk:
Minority:
Other native breeds:
Goats
Critical:
- N/A
Endangered:
Vulnerable:
- N/A
At risk:
- N/A
Minority:
Horses and ponies
Critical:
Endangered:
Vulnerable:
- Semi-feral pony
At risk:
Minority:
Other native breeds:
Poultry
The Rare Breeds Survival Trust poultry watchlist includes chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys. They are not categorised by degree of numerical rarity.[6][7]
Chickens
- Ancona
- Andalusian
- Australorp
- British Araucana
- British Faverolles
- Brussbar
- Buff Orpington
- Burmese
- Campine
- Cochin
- Croad Langshan
- Cream Legbar
- Derbyshire Redcap
- Dorking
- Hamburgh
- Indian Game
- Ixworth
- Legbar
- Leghorn
- Malay
- Marsh Daisy
- Minorca
- Modern Game
- Modern Langshan
- Nankin
- Norfolk Grey
- North Holland Blue
- Old English Game
- Old English Pheasant Fowl
- Orpington (non Buff)
- Rhodebar
- Rosecomb
- Rumpless Game
- Scots Dumpy
- Scots Grey
- Sebright
- Sicilian Buttercup
- Spanish
- Sultan
- Sussex
- Welbar
Ducks
- Abacot Ranger
- Aylesbury Duck
- Black East Indian Duck
- Campbell Duck
- Cayuga Duck
- Crested Duck
- Magpie Duck
- Orpington Duck
- Rouen Duck (exhibition)
- Shetland Duck
- Silver Appleyard Duck
- Silver Bantam Duck
- Stanbridge White Duck
- Welsh Harlequin Duck
Geese
- Brecon Buff Goose
- Buff Back Goose
- Embden Goose (as standardised in the UK)
- Grey Back Goose
- Pilgrim Goose
- Sebastopol Goose
- Shetland Goose
- Toulouse Goose (exhibition)
- West of England Goose
Turkeys
- Blue Turkey
- Bourbon Red Turkey
- British White Turkey
- Bronze Turkey
- Buff Turkey
- Narragansett Turkey
- Nebraskan Turkey
- Norfolk Black Turkey
- Pied or Cröllwitzer Turkey
- Slate Turkey
See also
Similar organizations
- The Livestock Conservancy
- Ark of Taste
- Cobthorn Trust
- Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen
References
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- ↑ Rare Breeds Survival Trust, Registered Charity no. 269442 at the Charity Commission
- ↑ Rare Breeds Survival Trust watch list accessed February 2012
- ↑ Rare Breeds Survival Trust approved farm parks accessed February 2012
- ↑ Prince's gift to rare breeds project accessed 25 May 2008
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Rare Breeds Survival Trust
- Rare Breeds Survival Trust, Registered Charity no. 269442 at the Charity Commission
