Rebecca McLellan is trying to safeguard the future of a rare breed of sheep one scarf at a time. She fell in love with the Castlemilk Moorit and now has her own flock of 18 on the farm where she ...

This was designed by the previous Conservative administration to co-ordinate action for native breeds across government departments and alongside rare-breed organisations. See also: Ancient Cattle ...

A zoo has taken inspiration from TV's "Blind Date" to try and get two rare Malagasy fossas to mate as part of an ...

A rare male fossa has arrived at Chester Zoo from America as part of an international breeding programme to protect the species from extinction. The seven-year-old fossa, named Zaza, has travelled ...

A rare male fossa has arrived at Chester Zoo from America as part of an international breeding programme to protect the species from extinction. The seven-year-old fossa, named Zaza, has travelled ...

A rare breed horse is celebrating his one-year anniversary at Kynren in Bishop Auckland, County Durham. The grey shire horse, Knutsford Cosmopolitan, who is also affectionately known as Cosmo ...

The Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) watchlist is the annual report on the UK’s native equine and livestock breeds. It takes into account the number of breeding females registered and measures ...