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One-Fifth of Local Livestock Risks Extinction A study released Monday called "The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources", conducted by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), found that an over-reliance on some breeds of livestock imported from the United States and Europe, including the high-milk-yielding Holstein-Friesian cows, egg-laying White Leghorn chickens, and fast-growing large white pigs, is causing the loss of at least one indigenous livestock breed a month. Since research for the report began in 1999, 2,000 local breeds have been identified as at risk.

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One-Fifth of Local Livestock Risks Extinction

A study released Monday called "The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources", conducted by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), found that an over-reliance on some breeds of livestock imported from the United States and Europe, including the high-milk-yielding Holstein-Friesian cows, egg-laying White Leghorn chickens, and fast-growing large white pigs, is causing the loss of at least one indigenous livestock breed a month.

Since research for the report began in 1999, 2,000 local breeds have been identified as at risk.