Endangered livestock breed of the year

The Endangered Livestock Breed of the Year has been selected annually since 1984 (originally as Pet of the Year ) by the Society for the Conservation of Old and Endangered Pet Breeds (GEH) to draw attention to the decline in these cultural breeds . With this selection, it is particularly important to point out those domestic farm animals that need to be preserved because of the agrobiodiversity in order to have this genetic reserve available in the future.

The selection is made according to the endangerment of the breed or the decline in breeding. The proclamation of the Breeds of the Year by the GEH is intended to result in media coverage for the respective breeds and thus improve the conditions for preservation.

Previous livestock of the year in Germany

year	Surname	group	Illustration
1984	Carinthian sheep	Domestic sheep
1985	-
1986	Murnau-Werdenfelser	Domestic cattle
1987	Swabian Hall pig	Domestic pig
1988	Schleswig cold blood	Domestic horse
1989	Forest sheep	Domestic sheep
1990	Angler saddle pig	Domestic pig
1991	Rhön sheep	Domestic sheep
1992	Hinterwald cattle	Domestic cattle
1993	Thuringian forest goat	Domestic goat
1994	Westphalian totter	Domestic chicken
	Diepholz goose	Domestic goose
	Pomeranian duck	Domestic duck
1995	Colorful Bentheim pig	Domestic pig
1996	Schleswig cold blood	Domestic horse
1997	Red cattle	Domestic cattle
1998	White Horned Heidschnucke	Domestic sheep
	Old German herding dog	Domestic dog
1999	Wool pig	Domestic pig
2000	Rottaler horse	Domestic horse	Image wanted
2001	Bavarian land goose	Domestic goose
	Bergischer Kräher	Domestic chicken ( Bergische Landhühner )
	Bergischer Schlotterkamm
	Body
2002	Angler cattle of old breeding direction	Domestic cattle
2003	Domestic and farm dogs ( Spitz and Pinscher )	Domestic dog
2004	Leutstetten horse	Domestic horse	Image wanted
	Dark bee	European honey bee
2005	Bentheimer Landschaf	Domestic sheep
2006	German saddle pig	Domestic pig
2007	Murnau-Werdenfelser beef	Domestic cattle
2008	Bronze turkey	Domestic turkey
2009	Alpine stone sheep	Domestic sheep
2010	Meissen ram rabbit	Domestic rabbit ( ram rabbit )
2011	Limpurger beef	Domestic cattle
2012	German Sparrowhawk	Domestic chicken
2013	Linen sheep	Domestic sheep
2014	Dülmener	Domestic horse
2015	German Karakul	Domestic sheep
2016	Original Brown Swiss	Domestic cattle (regional cattle breeds)
	Glan cattle
	German black and white lowland cattle
2017	German Peking Duck	Domestic duck
	Orpington duck
	Warty Duck
2018	Old Wuerttemberg horse	Domestic horse
2019	Wool pig (2.)	Domestic pig
2020	Black Pustertal beef	Domestic cattle	Image wanted
	Westerwald cow dog	Domestic dog

Similar initiatives

The various initiatives for the conservation of old and endangered domestic animal breeds (VIEH) have so-called farm animal arks on their website , in which animals of endangered breeds are kept and bred.

The Arche Austria - Association for the Conservation of Rare Livestock Breeds in Austria pursues similar goals. Since 2015 the farm animal of the year has been announced by the Austrian Nature Conservation Union.

See also

• List of endangered livestock breeds
• List of breeds of pets

Web links

• Endangered livestock breed of the year in Germany by the German Society for the Conservation of Old and Endangered Domestic Breeds
• Farm animal of the year at the Austrian Nature Conservation Union