Good-quality pork and bacon. A perfect first-timer’s pig very docile and easy to handle British Lop One of the most endangered of the native breeds (along with Middle White), originally from Devon.

On a farm in the southern US state of Virginia, David Ayares and his research teams are breeding genetically modified pigs to transplant ... are on the transplant list and thousands die every ...

1. There are 11 native British pig breeds and all of them are at risk of extinction according to the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Most pork and bacon comes from cross-bred hybrid pigs which started ...