Rare Breeds Canada Rare Breeds Canada Rare Breeds Canada (RBC) is a Canadian non-profit organization dedicated to preserving rare breeds of Canadian livestock. The organization was founded in 1987. It focuses on the rare breeds of livestock originating in Canada, including varieties of horses, sheep, pigs, chickens and cows. RBC publishes a Rare Breeds Priority List that separates livestock breeds into "critical", "endangered", "vulnerable", "at risk" and "recovering" categories. To assist with the preservation of these breeds, RBC coordinates a breeding program which uses host farms to manage small breeding groups which are used to build new flocks of animals. As the new
Swedish Red-and-White Swedish Red-and-White The Swedish Red-and-White, , frequently abbreviated to SRB, is a Swedish breed of dairy cattle. It was created in the 1920s by fusion of the Swedish Red Pied and Swedish Ayrshire breeds. The Swedish Red-and-White breed was formed in 1927 or 1928 by merging the populations of the Swedish Red Pied (, often abbreviated to RSB) and Swedish Ayrshire breeds. The traditional Herrgård, Skåne and Småland breeds had already been merged into the Swedish Red Pied at some time between 1892 and 1928. All four of these constituent breeds are now reported to DAD-IS as extinct. The Swedish