In the early 1990s, however, Jeju Stockbreeding Promotion Institute (Jeju SPI) took initiatives for implementation of a full-fledged preservation and proliferation policy targeting Jeju Black Cattle. To date, a total of 150 Jeju Black Cattle are being reared under the care of Jeju SPI. In 2013, Korean government formally declared the cattle breed as a valuable but an endangered animal genetic resource in the country and sanctioned a Natural Monument No. 546, to emphasize its better conservation and proliferation.