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Organisations that work with traditional, endangered livestock breeds around the world:

Rare Breeds Canada

Rare Breeds Canada is a federally registered charitable organization formed in 1987. We are working to conserve, monitor and promote heritage and rare breeds of Canadian farm animals.
Conservation takes many forms: we work to increase populations, encourage registration of pure stock, assist farmers to find breeding stock, educate the public, maintain a bank of rare semen and create networks so farmers can find and exchange stock and find markets for their produce.

American Livestock Breeds Conservancy

The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization working to protect over 150 breeds of livestock and poultry from extinction. Included are asses, cattle, goats, horses, sheep, pigs, rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys.

Founded in 1977, the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy is the pioneer organization in the U.S. working to conserve historic breeds and genetic diversity in livestock. We hope you'll browse through these pages and learn more about the diverse and valuable agricultural heritage that is ours to enjoy and to steward.

Rare Breeds Survival Trust (U.K.)

In 1973 RBST was founded to save our native breeds and since then no breed has become extinct.

RBST is working to secure the future of our native breeds and to promote the important role they play in the conservation of genetic diversity, landscape management, agriculture and as part of our heritage and cultural identity.

Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen (Germany)

The Society for the Conservation of Old and Endangered Livestock Breeds (GEH)

VEGH (Austria)

Pro Specie Rara (Switzerland)

• Safeguarding the diversity of crops and livestock
• Gets and sharing knowledge and cultural values related to cash and traditional breeds
• Allows all access to seeds and livestock
• Make species and endangered breeds stronger thanks to the encouragement of marketing specialties
• Contributes significantly to the safety of our food supply through conservation of crop plants and the diversity of livestock

Stichting Zeldzame Huisdierrassen (Netherlands)

Old breeds, which formed the basis for modern varieties, populations have become small or even threatened with extinction. They can no longer compete with modern high yielding varieties, they are rare. Yet there are good reasons to preserve this endangered species.

With this objective in 1976 was the "Pet Rare Breeds Foundation" was established.

Old varieties are the result of artificial breeding of the past and have a separate cultural and historical value. They are a source of biological diversity and variety show which varieties to our ancestors with targeted selection and breeding achievements.

Stichting Levend Erfgoed (Belgium)

FERME (France)

FARM ( FERME in French) stands for (translated): Federation to promote the breeding of endangered domestic breeds. It is an association law 1901 in 1990 CEEE headquartered initially at the University Lyon 1, is currently located in the Loire Grézieux Fromental.

It is independent of any political, religious and administrative matters; it does not receive subsidies.

Its purpose is:"The protection of rare domestic breeds, considered as heritage and socio-economic gene pool. It involves the promotion of their skills and all other means or remedies.

We are volunteers from various backgrounds:

• Breeders professional and amateur
• Veterinarians, agricultural engineers, teachers
• Unclassifiable because their work has nothing to do with the backup, but not wanting to disappear heritage and uses thousands of years.

SERGA (Spain)

Rare Breeds Trust of Australia

Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand

Rare Breeds International

Fairs and Festivals

Coombs Fair

Vancouver Island Exhibition (VIEX)