For over 40 years The Livestock Conservancy has worked to protect endangered livestock and poultry breeds from extinction. Although all rare breeds face challenges, it has become apparent that the recent market downturn has particularly impacted our equine breeds. Many horse and donkey breeds face the threat of extinction more so today than at any other time in history. Thanks to the grant from the USA Equestrian Trust, the effort to stabilize equine breed decline and secure the remaining diversity began in 2017. Read More...
Conserving Equine Diversity: Time for Action (pdf)
Event update
Due to uncertainty regarding in-person events caused by COVID-19, the 2020 Heritage Livestock Conference that was planned for this summer has been canceled.
Endangered Equine Alliance Partners
Breed Associations & Registries
| Akhal-Teke Association of America | Davenport Arabian Horse Conservancy | |
| American Brabant Association | Exmoor Pony Society | |
| American Cream Draft Horse Association | Fell Pony Society and Conservancy of the Americas | |
| American Donkey and Mule Society | Fell Pony Society of North America | |
| American Hackney Horse Society | Florida Cracker Horse Association | |
| American Heritage Horse Association | Foundation for Shackleford Horses | |
| American Indian Horse Registry | Galiceno Horse Registry | |
| American Mammoth Jackstock Association and Registry | Gotlandruss Pony Preservation Society | |
| American Shire Horse Association | Horse of the Americas | |
| American Suffolk Horse Association | International Cleveland Bay Registry LLC | |
| American Sulphur Horse Association | Irish Draught Horse Society of North America | |
| Arabian Horse Association | Lipizzan Association of North America | |
| Australian Suffolk Punch Registry | Lipizzan Rescue Foundation | |
| Baca Colonial Spanish Horse Alliance | Nokota Horse Conservancy, Inc. | |
| Baca Horse Conservancy | National Miniature Donkey Association | |
| Belgian Draft Horse Corp. of America | Newfoundland Pony Society | |
| Canadian Horse Breeders Association | Mountain Pleasure Horse Association | |
| Carolina Marsh Tacky Association | Rocky Mountain Horse Association | |
| Caspian Horse Society of the Americas | Santa Cruz Horses | |
| Caspian Registry Services | Southwest Spanish Mustang Association | |
| Cleveland Bay Horse Society of North America | Spanish Barb Horse Association | |
| Clydesdale Breeders of the U.S.A. | Spanish Mustang Registry | |
| Cornerstone Morgan Horse, Inc. |
Swedish Gotland Breeders Society / Gotland Registry Services |
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| Corolla Wild Horse Fund | The American Saddlebred Horse Association Equine Welfare Advocacy Committee | |
| Dales Pony Society of America, Inc. | The Lippitt Club | |
| Dales Pony Association of North America | The North American Budenny Horse Registry | |
| Dartmoor Pony Registry of America | United States Lipizzan Federation | |
| Dartmoor Pony Society of America |
Universities and Technical Service
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Brooks Equine Genetics Laboratory, University of Florida |
Mississippi State University |
| Stallion AI Services | Texas A&M University |
| ViaGen | Virginia Tech |
Organizations
| American Horse Council | Colonial Williamsburg |
| Carolina Marsh Tacky Outdoors | Heritage Livestock Canada |
| National Animal Interest Alliance | Natural Lifemanship |
| Rare Breeds Survival Trust | TREC USA |
Efforts were made to include all partners of the Alliance in this list. If your organization is a partner and was inadvertently left off, contact us to have it added.
