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

Prince Charles pledges royal support for rare breeds farm parks

Prince of Wales visited Cotswold Farm Park to show his support for all RBST accredited farm parks. Read more
Royal visit to Cotswold Farm Park

The Prince of Wales visits Cotswold Farm Park to discuss Rare Breeds Conservation Read more
RBST Briefing on Agriculture Bill

RBST welcomes the Government's support for native livestock and equines in Agriculture Bill, but we are worried about backbench MPs attempts to restrict it. Read our briefing. Read more

Latest blogs

Rare Breeds Briefing – A Conservation Strategy

Why we need to conserve our native livestock Read more
Rare Breed Briefing – Conservation Grazing

Christopher Price explains why the Agriculture Bill needs to encourage the use of native breeds in conservation grazing. Read more
Rare Breed Briefing -Conserving our native equine breeds

Andrea Parry-Jones explains why we will only secure the future of our native equine breeds when we fully appreciate everything they can do. Read more