Two semi-feral populations of these cattle were later given separate breed status as the Chillingham Wild Cattle in Northumbria and the Vaynol herd from Gwynedd in North Wales, .
Two groups of semi-feral cattle were eventually recognized as separate breeds, with one group being known as the Chillingham Wild Cattle in Northumbria and the other as the Vaynol herd from Gwynedd in North Wales.