Biology:List of rare breed livestock charities

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Rare breed livestock consists of breeds of domesticated animal, generally developed for use in agriculture, which are considered by one or more national charity as being endangered or threatened. A number of societies exist worldwide to preserve these animals.

International

  • Rare Breeds International[1]
  • Europe: SAVE Foundation (Safeguard for Agricultural Varieties in Europe)

Africa

  • South Africa: Farm Animal Conservation Trust (FACT)[2]

Australasia

North America

The Livestock Conservancy
SVF Foundation

Europe

  • Germany:
Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen (GEH)
Vielfältige Initiative zur Erhaltung gefährdeter Haustierrassen (VIEH)
  • Switzerland: ProSpecieRara[3]
  • Netherlands: Scichting Zeldzame Huisdierrassen (SZH)[3][4]
  • United Kingdom: Rare Breeds Survival Trust
  • France: Fédération pour promouvoir l'Elevage des Races domestiques MEnacées (FERMES)
  • Spain: Sociedad Española para los Recursos Genéticos Animales (/SERGA)
  • Belgium: Steunpunt Levend Erfgoed (Support Centre for Living Heritage)[5]
  • Norway: NordGen Husdyr (Nordic Farm Animal Gene Bank)

References

  1. ↑ "THE GLOBAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES". The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/genetics/documents/ITWG_AnGR_6/poster/RBI.pdf. Retrieved 5 November 2014. 
  2. ↑ "Farm Animal Conservation Trust". FACT. http://www.ais.up.ac.za/vet/fact/. Retrieved 5 November 2014. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kristiansen, editors: Paul; Taji, Acram; Reganold, John (2006). Organic agriculture : a global perspective. Wallingford: CABI/CSIRO Pub.. p. 159. ISBN 9780643090903. https://books.google.com/books?id=OcjLV32qjBwC&q=Rare+Breeds+International&pg=PA159. Retrieved 5 November 2014. 
  4. ↑ "English". Dutch Rare Breed Survival Trust. http://szh.nl/english/. Retrieved 5 November 2014. 
  5. ↑ "SLE heet u welkom!". SLE. http://www.sle.be/. Retrieved 5 November 2014. 



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