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

RBST writes to Times on the economic and environmental benefits of our native livestock breeds.

RBST Chief Executive Christopher Price has written to The Times on the economic and environmental benefits of our native livestock breeds. The letter was in response to a letter stating their conservation was "sentimental and irrational". Read more
RBST comment on Government's gene editing consultation

The Government has launched a consultation on gene editing. See RBST's response. Read more
Commercial advantage: new research shows better leg health and tenderness in native breed turkeys

Commercial advantage: new research shows better leg health and tenderness in native breed turkeys New scientific research released today shows that native breed turkeys have stronger leg bones than commercial strains of turkey within the study. Read more

Latest blogs

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
Rare Breed Briefing -Conserving our native equines

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