Rare Breeds Survival Trust

Love a Longwool

In 2020 RBST is focussing on native longwool sheep breeds. While the Watchlist has shown sheep numbers generally being stable or increasing, some of the longwool breeds have had a sustained decline in numbers over the last decade. Read more

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Help us monitor, save and promote our UK native livestock breeds

Watchlist overview

Find out more about the RBST Watchlist

Conservation Grazing

What is conservation grazing?

Problems, Progress and Possibilities

Over 20%

of livestock breeds at risk worldwide

113

additions to the Genebank in 2018

£3,200

the cost of a full cattle embryo collection

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Latest news

Verm-X Virtual Summer Show

Win a £600 voucher to spend at Adam Henson's Cotswold Farm Park in the Verm-X Virtual Summer Show. Read more
An opportunity for native breeds

Sarah Dusgate & Rob Havard of Phepson Angus point to a way of ensuring that native breeds are relevant in the 21st centary Read more
RBST urge native breed livestock keepers to keep on top of their registrations

RBST is warning of a set-back for the conservation of rare livestock and equine breeds if animal registrations are overlooked this year as a result of the Covid pandemic. Read more

Latest blogs

Rare Breeds Briefing – A Conservation Strategy

Why we need to conserve our native livestock Read more
Rare Breed Briefing - ELM and the conservation of native livestock and equines

Christopher Price explains how the Government's new Environmental Land Management scheme (ELM) can be use to conserve our native livestock and equines. Read more
Rare Breed Briefing – Abattoirs

In the light of the Government's announcement that abattoirs can be supported under the Agriculture Bill, our latest Rare Breed Briefing explains the challenges our local abattoirs face and how we all have a part to play in putting things right. Read more