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News

This is an archive of important news releases with valuable content. These releases contain interesting facts about rare breeds, sometimes including population data, as well as links that can provide you with additional information. The news releases are organized chronologically, with the most recent at the top of this page.

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2009

A Chicken Choosin’ Compares Nine Heritage Breeds, 7/09

Heritage Chickens Defined, 4/09

February 2009: Eat it to Save It: National Pig Day, 2/09

Heritage Turkey Workshops in Missouri, 2/09

Heritage Turkey Workshops in South Carolina, 1/09

Preventing Genetic Bankruptcy in Rare Breeds of Livestock, 1/09

2008

ALBC Works with Owners & Others to Conserve the Critically Endangered Marsh Tacky Horse

Dutch Belted Cattle Association of America and ALBC Announce New Purebred Herd Publications , 4/08

2007

ALBC Works With Owners And Others To Conserve The Critically Endangered Marsh Tacky Horse, 9/07

Changes to the 2007 Conservation Priority List, 9/07

Celebrating 30 Years of Protecting Livestock Genetic , 9/07

2006

Statement of Concern re: National Animal Identification System (NAIS), 6/1/06

Turkey Census, 5/4/06

2005

A Secure Future For “Heritage Turkeys”, 4/5/05

Rabbits Added to Conservation Mission, 9/1/05

Interesting Rabbit Domestication History, 9/1/05

Heritage Turkeys Defined, 8/31/05

Linking Breeds for Conservation, 5/4/05

Virginia’s Historic Hog Island Sheep: a treasure from the past preserved for the future, 5/4/05

2004

Local Breeder Provides Germ Plasm for Preservation of Endangered Breed, 12/16/04

Health Promotion & Bio-Security Recommendations for PoultryConservationists, 9/9/04

Ground- Breaking Results from Research on Standard Turkeys, 6/6/04

Nearly Half of the Historic Breeds of Chickens Reported Endangered, 5/5/04

Heritage Turkey Resource Packet available, 1/12/04

2003

A Wish for the Future: Rescuing the Wishard Bronze Turkey, 12/22/03

ALBC TURKEY CONSERVATION LEADERS RECOGNIZED, 10/13/03

HERITAGE TURKEYS INCREASING, 6/11/03

The Cattle Sale That Was 300 Years In The Making, 4/10/03

Foods for a Healthy Heart, 2/14/03

Carolina Farm Stewardship Association Present “Stewards of the Year” Awards, 1/27/03

2002

Now Navajo-Churro Sheep Board the Ark , 10/24/02

Navajo-Churro Sheep Come Home , 10/18/02

National Swine Census Released , 9/15/02

Free Ranged Turkeys Study Funded , 8/07/02

2001

Foot-and-Mouth Disease: RBI report 4, 7/03/01

Foot-n-Mouth Disease Threatens Rare Breeds, 4/09/01

Foot-and-Mouth Disease, 3/30/01