In view of the importance of preserving genetic resources, the R.O.C. Council of Agriculture in 1987 initiated a multifaceted agriculture, forestry, fishery and livestock breed-preservation program, under the direction of the Taiwan Livestock Research Institute, with breeding and propagation stations in Ilan, Hualien, Taitung, Hengchun and Changhua.
民國七十六年，行政院農業委員會有鑑於「種源」的重要，於是展開農林漁牧多項「保種計畫」，畜禽保種則由位於台南縣新化市的台灣省畜產試驗所為總指揮，旗下有宜蘭、花蓮、台東、恆春、彰化五個分所或繁殖場，及台大畜牧系共襄盛舉。