Rote Liste
The Rote Liste, full name Rote Liste der bedrohten Nutztierrassen im Bundesgebiet, is a red list of threatened breeds of domestic animal published annually by the Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen, the German national association for the conservation of historic and endangered domestic animal breeds.
History
The GEH was founded in Witzenhausen, in Hesse, central Germany, in 1981. In 1987 it established the criteria on which the Rote Liste is based. The list is published annually, and attributes one of four categories of conservation risk to domestic breeds of cattle, dogs, goats, horses, pigs, rabbits and sheep, of chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys, and of bees; listing of domestic pigeon breeds is in preparation. Some breeds from outside Germany are listed separately. The four levels of risk are:- I: extrem gefährdet, extremely endangered
- II: stark gefährdet, seriously endangered
- III: gefährdet, endangered
- Vorwarnstufe, alert
The GEH also publishes, in conjunction with the, the German national association of poultry breeders, a separate list of the historic poultry breeds and colour varieties that were raised in Germany before 1930. The same levels of conservation risk are assigned as in the main red list.
Endangered breeds
In 2014 the breeds listed were:| Category I: extremely endangered | Category II: seriously endangered | Category III: endangered | Alert | |
| Bees | European Dark Bee | |||
| Cattle | Murnau-Werdenfelser Glan Angeln | Deutsches Shorthorn Original Braunvieh Rotes Höhenvieh Hinterwälder Pinzgauer | Gelbvieh Deutsches Schwarzbuntes Niederungsrind | Vorderwälder |
| Chickens | Andalusian Augsburger Bergische Kräher Bergischer Schlotterkamm German Langshan Dominique Malines Minorca Sachsenhühn | Brakel Lakenfelder Ostfriesische Möwen Thüringer Barthuhn | Barnevelder Hamburg Orpington Rheinländer Vorwerk Westfälische Totleger Wyandotte | |
| Dogs | Altdeutscher Hütehund Großspitz | Mittelspitz | Deutscher Pinscher Altdeutscher Hütehund | |
| Ducks | Aylesbury Duck Pomeranian Duck | German Pekin Orpington Duck Rouen Duck | Hochbrutflugenten Indian Runner Duck Muscovy Duck | |
| Geese | Deutsche Legegans | Emden Goose | Pomeranian Goose | |
| Goats | Thuringian | |||
| Horses | Rottaler Alt-Württemberger Leutstettener Dülmener Senner Arenberg-Nordkirchner Lehmkuhlener | Schleswig Coldblood | Black Forest Horse Ostfriesen and Alt-Oldenburger Rhenish German Coldblood | |
| Pigs | Angler Sattelschwein Bentheim Black Pied Rotbuntes Husumer Schwein | Schwäbisch Hällisches Schwein | ||
| Rabbits | English Lop | Meissen Lop Angora Deutsche Großsilber Harlequin | ||
| Sheep | Alpines Steinschaf Brillenschaf Weiße gehörnte Heidschnucke German Karakul Schwarzes Bergschaf | Braunes Bergschaf Weißes Bergschaf | Bentheimer Landschaf Skudde Pomeranian Coarsewool | Coburger Fuchsschaf |
| Turkeys | Bronzeputen Deutsche Puten | Cröllwitzer Turkey |