Eating rare farm animal breeds could actually save them from extinction
Story Date: 4/25/2018

 

Source: GENETIC LIERACY PROJECT, 4/24/18


When you think about Britain’s endangered animals, hedgehogs, small tortoiseshell butterflies and puffins may spring to mind. But rare breeds of farm animals and horses face extinction, too. The Rare Breed Survival Trust (RBST) published a list of endangered breeds.... At a critical point are vaynol cattle, with only 12 breeding females remaining. The suffolk horse is similarly threatened, with 80 breeding females left. Many breeds of cow, sheep and pig make the list. The solution? According to the RBST, we should eat them.

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