Welsh Black cattle

Herds from south west Wales travelled towards Hereford and Gloucester up the Tywi Valley to Llandovery.

[1] The drovers would then return to Wales with large amounts of money, which made them targets of bandits and highwaymen.

Before the 1960s, few cattle were exported outside the UK, but now can be found in Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Germany as well in Saudi Arabia, Jamaica and Uganda.

Welsh Black cattle are on the list of endangered native breeds in Wales.

They generally have white horns with black tips, but these may be removed, and there are also naturally hornless (polled) strains.