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Sacrewell Farm welcomes a new rare breed Suffolk Punch horse




A farm has expanded its rare breed programme with the arrival of a Suffolk Punch horse.

Grace has settled into her new home at Sacrewell Farm and is already enjoying the influx of visitors enjoying the summer holidays.

Suffolk horses recently hit the national headlines for being the first to be bred with the sex of the foal chosen before insemination.

Grace
Grace

They are a critically endangered species, as rated by the Rare Breed Survival Trust.

Sacrewell's livestock supervisor Amy Hunt said: “Grace has already made herself at home on the farm and will be a welcome addition for our guests and visitors over the summer holidays.

“Here at Sacrewell, we’re committed to ensuring the survival of rare breed farm animals such as the Suffolk Punch, with Landrace Pigs and Bagot goats.”

Traditionally Suffolk horses were working horses, pulling ploughs and machinery. They were taken to France during the First World War to pull the guns.

There are now fewer than 300 left in the world.

General manager Lee Scowen said: “Suffolk Punch horses are a living piece of British agricultural history and it’s tragic that they are on the brink of extinction.

“As a breed they’re gentle, good-natured and wonderful assets to charities such as ours that exist to teach people about food and farming. It means our visitors can get close to these gentle giants that were once a common sight across the farmlands."



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