Created: Jan 05, 2007
Updated: Aug 06, 2007
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Domesticated Animal Diversity

Farmer-breeders have selected for specific traits of many local varieties of domestic animals. The four major domesticated mammals-pigs, cattle, sheep, and goats-have diversified into four thousand recognized breeds. These varieties are rapidly being lost. Heirloom domestic livestock conservation protects these animals alive on farms and by freezing sperm and eggs.
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Every week the world loses two breeds of its valuable domestic animal diversity, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in its 3rd edition of the "World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity" released in 2000. The study was co-published with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
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Animal Advocates is a non-profit animal rescue and education organization. We are located in the Los Angeles County area but serve most of California and some parts of the United States through our network of sister rescue organizations.They work with local city and private animal shelters, schools, private groups and other rescue organizations to rescue and rehabilitate domestic and wild animals. We foster and re-home domestic animals in our homes. We also foster and release wild animals in association with licensed wildlife rehabilitators and vets.

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Keywords
animal biodiversity, biodiversity, sperm bank, heirloom genetic diversity, bloodlines, threatened breeds, genetic resources, food production, Food and Agriculture Organization, congeneric wild species, Convention on Biological Diversity, cattle, goats, sheep, horses, dogs, rabbits, chickens, pigs, camels, yak, water buffalo, llama, reindeer, ass, guinea pig

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