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The Native Angus® Preservation Society has registered the Certification Trademark "Native Angus®" in the UK, New Zealand and Australia and has applied for trademark in several other countries.
The applicable definition that has been registered is as follows -
“Native Angus®” shall mean beef cattle that are either original Angus cattle or the direct descendants of original Angus cattle.
“Original Angus cattle” shall mean beef cattle that –
• have been registered as Angus cattle in herdbooks published by the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society and given the designation “native bred”,
OR
• are ancestors of cattle that have been registered as Angus cattle in herdbooks published by the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society and given the designation “native bred”,
OR
• were born in the UK, and
• have no ancestors in their pedigree that were not born in the UK, and
• have been registered as Angus cattle in herdbooks published by the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society.
“Direct descendants of original Angus cattle” shall mean beef cattle that –
• have both parents who are original Angus cattle or direct descendants of original Angus cattle, and
• have no ancestors in their pedigree that are not original Angus cattle or direct descendants of original Angus cattle, and
• have been registered as Angus cattle in herdbooks published by a Recognized Angus Society and,
• have been parent verified by the registering society based on DNA testing.
Visit the Native Angus® Preservation Society website for more information.
A good overview of the early history of the Aberdeen Angus breed can be found in "History of Aberdeen-Angus Cattle" by James MacDonald and James Sinclair, published in 1910.
“Lines of Angus County” provides a personal insight from Geordie and Julia Soutar into the fight to preserve the original lines of Angus cattle from extinction. Watch the video and read the article.
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