The history of the Red Wattle is not clear.There are lots of possibilities on who, what, where, and when. It is clear however that H.C. Wengler of Texas found a few and started redeveloping the breed in the late1960's and early 1970's. He found the "Wangler Red Waddle Hog". Notice the spelling with "dd" instead of "tt" he did that so his line could be kept seperate from the rest. Mr. Wangler is credited with starting the Red Wattle movement.

     When the hog market went crazy in the early 1980's Red Wattle's emerged. The Timberline. Robert Prentice found this herd in East Texas as well and named it as such because of the woods there. During this time the Red Wattles were used on lots of  farms as crosses. Providing bigger, leaner hogs. At one point there were 100 people involved with Red Wattles. The American Livestock Breed Conservancy held a meeting in the mid 1980's to help unify the breeders, but most did not see the reason. In 1990 the ALBC's report showed 272 purebred offspring. In 1999 however there were only 42 breeding animals left belonging to 6 breeders.

      Since that time there have been a few more people involved but the Red Wattle's numbers have not really increased very much. Now is the time to change that!

For more information about acquiring these wonderful gentle giants and helping us to preserve them please contact us at jessie@redwattlehogs.com

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