UK Livestock Organisations

We've listed various organisations of use to those keeping livestock on a smallholding or on a smaller scale.

• Bee Farmers' Association (BFA). www.beefarmers.co.uk
• Bee Improvement Bee Breeder Association (BIBBA). www.angus.co.uk/bibba
• British Alpaca Society. Tel: 01403 786814
• British Beekeepers' Association (BBKA). Tel: 02476 696679. www.bbka.org.uk
• British Camelids. Tel: 01608 661893
• British Coloured Sheep Breeders' Association. www.bcsba.org.uk
• British Kerry Cattle Society. Tel: 01283732377
• British Kune Kune Pig Society. www.britishkunekunepigsociety.co.uk
• British Sheep Dairying Association. www.sheepdairying.com
• British Wool Marketing Board. www.britishwool.org.uk
• British Vendeen Sheep Society. Tel: 01455 220456
• Central Association of Beekeepers (CABK). www.cabk.org.uk/index.htm
• Cotswold Sheep Society. Tel: 01694 771899
• Farm Animal Welfare Council. www.fawc.org.uk
• Federation of Irish Beekeepers (FIBK). www.irishbeekeeping.ie
• Gloucestershire Old Spots Pig Breeders' Club. Tel: 0776 836 8053. www.oldspots.com
• International Bee Research Association (IBRA). www.ibra.org.uk
• National Bee Unit (NBU). Tel: 01904 462510, www.csl.gov.uk/science/organ/environ/bee
• National Sheep Association. www.nationalsheep.org.uk
• Ouessant Sheep Society. www.ouessantsheep.com
• Oxford Down Sheep Breeders' Association. www.oxforddownsheep.org.uk
• Oxford Sandy and Black Pig Society. Tel: 01905 821828. www.oxfordsandypigs.co.uk
• Pygmy Goat Club. Tel: 01822 834474.
• Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Tel: 0247 669 6551. www.rbst.org.uk
• Rhea and Emu Association. Tel: 01455 823344.
• Shetland Cattle Herd Book Society. Tel: 01595 696300.
• Shetland Cattle Breeders' Association. Tel: 0845 458 8411. www.shetlandcattle.org.uk
• Shetland Sheep Society. www.shetland-sheep.org.uk
• Southdown Sheep Society. www.southdownsheepsociety.co.uk
• Ulster Beekeepers' Association (UBKA). www.ubka.org
• Welsh Sheepdog Society/Cymdeithas Y Cwn Defaid Cymreig.  Tel: 01974 202560