
Hundreds of livestock breeds have gone extinct – but some Australian farmers are keeping endangered breeds alive

Genetic diversity matters for wildlife – and for the livestock on which we depend. Yet breed after breed is disappearing into extinction.
It took thousands of years to develop the world’s extraordinary range of domesticated farm animals – an estimated 8,800 livestock breeds across 38 farmed sp...
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