NEW PLACES FOR OLD SPOTS - THE CHANGING GEOGRAPHIES OF DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK ANIMALS

This paper considers the real and imagined geographies of livestock an imals. In doing so, it reconsiders the spatial relationship between pe ople and domesticated farm animals. Some consideration is given to the origins of domestication and comparisons are drawn between the natura l and domesticated geographies of animals. The paper mainly focuses on the contemporary geographies of livestock animals and in particular, ''rare breeds'' of British livestock animals. Attention is given to th e spatial relationship these animals have with people and the place of these animals in the British countryside today. The paper concludes b y highlighting why it is important to consider livestock animal breeds as part of on-going research into the geographies of domestic livesto ck animals.