Domesticated Animals
There are a variety of indigenous breeds, of which the diminutive Shetland Pony is probably the best known as well as being an important part of the Shetland farming tradition. The first written record of the pony was in 1603 in the Court Books of Shetland and, for its size, it is the strongest of all the horse breeds. Others are the Shetland Sheepdog or "Sheltie", the endangered Shetland Cattle and Shetland Goose and the Shetland Sheep which is believed to have originated prior to 1000 AD. The Grice was a breed of semi-domesticated pig that became extinct in 1930. Its habit of attacking lambs cannot have aided its survival.
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