Farming News: Bringing The Cumberland Pig Back From Extinction : chicken farming

The Cumberland pig has been extinct from over 50 years with the last pure bred Cumberland pig is reported to have died in 1960. But at the beginning of 2008 a sow was born that farming news sites are reporting as having 99.6% similarities in DNA to the extinct Cumberland pig. The pig was part of a breeding program set up by Tony Bowes who runs the Wetheriggs Animal Rescue & Conservation centre in Cumbria.
The original Cumberland pig was used to make the traditional Cumberland sausages and Cumberland ham but the breed developed slowly and the meat was rather… Continue reading →