May 13, 1971, was a very sad day for the Tux-Zillertal community—fittingly marked by the number “13.” The last cow of the breed was slaughtered, and it was believed that the breed had become extinct. At the House of Nature in Salzburg, this so-called “last” Tux cow from the stable...

The Black Castellana breed is a Spanish indigenous breed of laying hens recorded both in the Official Catalogue of Livestock Breeds of the Ministry of Agriculture of Spain and in FAO’s Domestic Animal Diversity Information System (DAD-IS). GANECA is the breeders association of this breed. The Black Castellana hen features black plumage with metallic sheen, white earlobes and slate...

The local cattle population, known as Campuzano, lives in the desert regions of the Guajira peninsula (Colombian Caribbean region); Its ability to thrive in desert conditions is, along with the local populations of goats and hair sheep, of great importance, due to its provision of protein sustenance (meat - milk)...

The local goat population in Tunisia is composed of a mosaic of phenotypes and genotypes that remains fundamentally represented by the autochthonous "Arbi" goat breed. The Arbi is more concentrated in the marginal zones, where it is exclusively reared under extensive breeding systems. The Arbi is primarily raised for meat,...

Originally from Central steppes of Asia, the Barbarine sheep breed was introduced to Tunisia by the Phoenicians around the fourth century B.C. By the year 1050 A.D. it had become the permanent unique and "noble" breed that is represented in the sacrifices scenes and the religious ceremonies of the country....