New watchlist highlights rarest UK breeds

While the outlook for many of the UK’s rare native breeds has remained broadly unchanged, the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) has highlighted a number of ‘priority breeds’ in its latest annual Watchlist.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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New watchlist highlights rarest UK breeds

The new Watchlist can be found at www.rbst.org.uk.

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