Speckle Park

At Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta
Conservation statusDAD-IS (2021): at risk/endangered[1]
Country of originCanada
Distribution
  • Australia
  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom
Traits
Coat
Horn statuspolled
  • Cattle
  • Bos (primigenius) taurus
Bull at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

The Speckle Park is a modern Canadian breed of beef cattle. It was developed in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan from 1959, by cross-breeding stock of the British Aberdeen Angus and Shorthorn breeds; the spotted or speckled pattern for which it is named derived from a single bull with the colour-pointed markings of the British White Park.[2]: 304  It is one of only a few beef cattle breeds developed in Canada.

The Speckle Park was officially recognised as an 'evolving breed' in 1995, and received full 'distinct breed' recognition from the Canadian government in 2006. Some have been exported to Australia,[3] to Ireland[4] and to the United Kingdom.[5]

Numbers are low, and in Canada it is an endangered breed.[1]

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