Pig Paradise Farm The Home of all the Rare Pig Breeds FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE UK SINCE 1972 - A TRUE CURLY COATED PIG Are they sheep or are they pigs? Two young Blonde Mangalitza Gilts' Background History - The 'Lincolnshire Curly Coat' One of our most spectacular Rare Breed pigs, the 'Lincolnshire Curly Coat', sadly became extinct in 1972 just one year before the formation of the 'RARE BREEDS SURVIVAL TRUST' (RBST). This was a pig famous for its hardiness as well as its wonderful curly coat and became a very popular breed in Hungary and Austria where the demand for hardy stock capable of surviving the harsh winters was extremely high. In the early 1900's we exported many 'Lincolnshire Curly Coats' to Hungary and during the 1920's they won many of the top awards at the Budapest show and acquired the coveted 'Gold medal' in 1925. The Hungarians used the 'Lincolnshire Curly Coat' to cross with their 'Mangalitza' (A very similar curly coated pig) and the resultant cross was nicknamed the 'Lincolista'. For many years now 'Pig Paradise' has been trying to acquire some of these amazing 'Curly Coated Mangalitza' pigs in order to try and establish some herds in this country but unfortunately until now it has not been possible ............. numbers were very low in both Hungary and Austria ..............export and import restrictions did not make life easy..............prices were extremely high and transportation costs even higher and it looked unlikely that we would ever