Black Alpine Pig
The Black Alpine pig is now back also in the professional world
PatriMont got the opportunity, to present the recovery project to an international audience of 150 participants at the "9th International Symposium on Mediterranean Pig", 3-5 November in Portugal.
=> short project intro presentation.pdf, => poster.pdf
=> Black_Alpine_pig__in_Archivos_de_Zootecnia.pdf
Annual Meeting 2016 of PatriMont at Bruneck-Dietenheim
The Alpine Network Pro Patrimonio Montano has grown rapidly with its projects. Therefore the necessary steps to further development and regionalization were discussed at the annual meeting. What concerns the Black Alpine pigs:
- The "Recommendations on the outdoor keeping and feeding" were discussed and approved
- The protection of the quality products shall be ensured by establishing a Trademark.
Read more: Annual Meeting 2016 of PatriMont at Bruneck-Dietenheim
Folklore Museum Dietenheim shows Domestic Animals
The South Tyrolean Folklore Museum Dietenheim near Brunico in Pustertal shows not only valuable old buildings, but also domestic animals: These romp in the meadows between the houses. There is also a breeding group of Black Alpin pig namely from the pied type. The animals are on show until the end of October at the museum.
Meet of a piglet at the Young Chef Competion in Italy
Congratulations to Gianluca Monni to his success in the competition "San Pellegrino Young Chef" in Italy. He cooked a piglet of the black Alpine pigs in a clay jug from Sardinian recipe and, thus, has made the semi-finals!
First piglets north of the Alps!
On April 27, 2016 the first black pigs north of the Alps were born at Ramsau, Berchtesgaden (Upper Bavaria).
Black Alpine pigs now again also in Austria
Three breeding groups are now located in county Lungau (Salzburg), one of them in a public accessible show farm (but advance notification mandatory!). See Show Farms.
Introduction meeting with new breeders from Austria and Germany
A successful first meeting in Innsbruck with the new breeders from the Salzburg Lungau and the Bavarian Berchtesgadener Land. A committed group which will also promote the Alpine pig project to the north of the Alps.
TV-documentation about the Black Alpine Pig
The Bavarian TV-channel reported in the frame of "Abendschau - Der Süden. Live vor Ort und Reportagen aus Südbayern" about the return of the black alpine pig (in German language!)
Here you can see the movie (9.5 minutes, in German only):
The Black Alpine Pig now on the North of the Alps again!
A milestone has been achieved
After a successful conservation of the breed in Italy five breeding groups could be brought to the North of the Alps. Three groups live now in the Austrian Lungau (Salzburg province) and two groups in the Bavarian mountain areas of Berchtesgaden.
