Slovenian has a long tradition in the conservation of farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR). Here we can find one of the ancient examples in the equine. The Lipizzan horse is one of the oldest cultivated horse breeds in the world. Its name is closely related to Lipica (Slovenia), the place of origin of the Lipizzaner breed, situated in the Slovene Karst (slovenski Kras) region, founded in 1580. Very important is an initiative for the protection of local bee breed Apis Melifera Carniolica dated from the year 1920. The conservation of FAnGR in the last century was sporadic and as a consequence many breeds has been lost in Slovenia. Some activities for the protection of breeds have been proposed by some institutions or some individuals since 1983, but there has been no initiative from the government and politics. They even frequently disagree with the conservation of the old local breeds. In the last two decades Slovenia established some programmes for the research and to support the programme for the conservation of local breeds. The first multiyear (2001-2008) programme for the conservation of FAnGR became approved in 2001. The first regulation on this subject was accepted no more than 6 year ago in the Agricultural Act and especially in Animal Breeding Act for local breeds in the year 2002. The special Rule on Conservation of Farm Animal Genetic Resources was approved in 2004
