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- ↑ The Cumberland Sausage Association (2006), Application to Register: 'Traditional Cumberland Sausage' (PDF), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2009
- ↑ Spencer, Sanders (1898). Pigs. Breeds and Management (Second ed.). London: Vinton & Company, Ltd. p. 35.
- ↑ Development of pig production in the United Kingdom: report of the Advisory Committee on Development of Pig Production in the United Kingdom, HMSO, 1955
- ↑ "The Decline of Traditional Breeds". British Pig Association. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- 1 2 Burdett, Anna (6 June 2008). "Nearly 50 years after the last Cumberland pig died, DNA and a man's passion revive the breed". The Cumberland News. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008.
- ↑ De Quincey, Victor. "Things to do in Bothel, Cumbria". AboutBritain.com. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
- ↑ "Cumberland pig bred to restart extinct breed is infertile" [ permanent dead link ], Cumberland News, 19 March 2010.