A British breed of domestic pig and the only red-colored pig native to the United Kingdom, its origins unknown though it appears to have developed near the town of Tamworth in southeastern Staffordshire, close to the Warwickshire border. It is one of seven British pig breeds listed by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust as priority, the trust's highest level of concern.
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Source Oklahoma State University, Department of Animal and Food Sciences: Tamworth Swine - Breeds of LivestockBreed historyQuote, Breed history
About the year 1812 it is said that Sir Robert Peel, being impressed with the characteristics of them, imported some of them and started to breed them on his estate at Tamworth, England.
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1. Tamworth pig (Wikipedia)
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