America's leading non-profit working to protect 190+ heritage breed farm animals from extinction. Join our movement to re-diversify American agriculture. The Livestock Conservancy is America's leading organization working to save over 150 heritage breeds from extinction. Follow us on Instagram @livestockconservancy & Twitter @LConservancy. The Livestock Conservancy was founded in 1977 to conserve rare breeds of cattle, horses, donkeys, sheep, goats, pigs, rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys. Today's rare breeds are quite different from the "factory farm" stocks, which are very productive but require intensive husbandry. The rare breeds retain survival qualities such as disease resistance, foraging efficiency, maternal abilities, and longevity, which make them a perfect fit for organic, grass-based, and humane sustainable agriculture. As well as being useful to farmers today, rare breeds represent the genetic diversity essential for domestic animals to adapt to changing environmental conditions in the future.