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🇬🇧 The cattle breeds of the United Kingdom

13 breeds from the United Kingdom, best known first, across 62 towns, fairs and pastures.

Cattle town Fair or market Pasture Ranch country Sanctuary or reserve City

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreHereford A red and white beef breed from Herefordshire, England, known for its white face and hardiness.Taurine · Beef · Docile

🇧🇪 Belgium and 3 moreBelgian BlueBlanc-Bleu Belge / Belgisch Witblauw A muscular beef breed from Belgium known for its blue-grey coat and double-muscling gene.Taurine · Beef · Docile

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreShorthorn A historic British breed from north-east England, kept for milk and meat with red, white or roan coats.Taurine · Dual-purpose · Docile

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreBelted Galloway A polled Scottish beef breed with a distinctive white belt around its black body.Taurine · Beef · Cold-hardy

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreLuing A hardy red or dun beef cow from Luing, a Hebridean island, first made in 1947Composite · Beef · Cold-hardy

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreRed Poll A naturally hornless red English breed, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Belted Galloway: Jamain, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Hereford: Hayden Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, source
Luing: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Red Poll: Poinciana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Belgian Blue: Stoolhog, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Shorthorn: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0, source

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