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07 May 2008 at 08:00 IST
Animals parade to protest livestock extinction
Commodity OnlineSTUGGART(GERMANY): To protest against the extinction of rare livestock species a remarkable collection of pigs, sheep, goats and even donkeys were paraded through the centre of the German city of Stuttgart last week
Protesters gathered as several UN congresses on biological diversity will be held in the former West German capital of Bonn this month, the German agricultural website Proplanta reported.
In downtown Stuttgart, members of the public were informed about the theme of extinction of livestock varieties, as the changing of consumption and production patterns have caused many predominantly landraces to get close to extinction.
The protesters said that of the 6,500 livestock species, registered at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), already 740 have become extinct and for another 40% it is feared the same might happen.
About 20 pigs from the rare 'Schwäbisch-Hällisch' Landrace were present in downtown Stuttgart.
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