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Founder/Registrar:
Lori Enright, Olde Reminisce Farms (USA)
P.O. Box 16, Jurupa Valley, CA  91752
(951) 505-5230  email:  kunekunes@hotmail.com

Board of Advisors:
Andy & Maureen Case, Long Ash Farm
Milton Abbas, Blandford, Dorset  DT110BX  ENGLAND
phone:  01144 125 888 0447

Dr. Steven J. Moeller, Ph.D. - State Swine Extension Specialist
Ohio State University, 122D Animal Science Building
2029 Fyffe Road, Columbus, Ohio  43210-1095
(614) 565-6344  email:  moeller.29@0su.edu

Al Christian, Manager - Swine Teaching Farm
Iowa State University (Retired after 50 years)
phone:  (515) 460-4352

Associate Prof. Tim Safranski - State Swine Breeding Specialist
University of Missouri, Division of Animal Science
5133 Animal Science Research Center, Columbia, Missouri  65211
(573) 884-7994  email:  SafranskiT@missouri.edu

SECOND ANNUAL KUNEKUNE CONFERENCE and FIRST ANNUAL AKBA SHOW & SALE - August 24 & 25, 2012
See NEWS & EVENTS page for more information.


AKBA NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE!
Our very first quarterly newsletter has come back from the printer and is on its way to subscribers.  If you wish to purchase a subscription, please contact our editor, Alana Schoffstall of Black Valley Farm, for details.  Thank you, Alana, for taking on this tremendous task!  See News & Events.


KUNEKUNE PIGS ARE RARE, SMALL, HERITAGE HOGS KNOWN FOR THEIR UNIQUE ABILITY TO "FATTEN" ON GRASS ALONE OR WITH VERY LITTLE SUPPLEMENTATION.  SOMETIMES CALLED "LITTLE PIONEER PIGS", KUNEKUNE PIGS MAKE GREAT MEAT PIGS FOR THE SMALL FARM, HOBBY FARMER, OR AS PART OF ANY SUSTAINABLE FARMING ENTERPRISE.  BEING INCOMPARABLY PLACID AND GENTLE, KUNEKUNE PIGS HAVE BECOME POPULAR BY THOSE WHO WISH TO KEEP A SMALL PIG OR TWO IN THE YARD.  THEY ARE NOT RECOMMENDED AS A HOUSE PET.

IMPORTANT  *****  Kunekune Pigs are not "miniature" pigs.  The breed was developed by the Maori people of New Zealand and has remained unimproved maintaining its small size.  All pigs are small without human intervention.  This type of intervention always results in large, early maturing, fast growing pigs which is the opposite of the Kunekune Pig breed.


This is the official website for the KuneKune Pig (Kune Kune Pig) in America and for the American KuneKune Breeders' Association and Registry known as AKBA.


The American KuneKune Breeders' Association was founded in 2006 by Jim and Lori Enright of USA KuneKunes.  AKBA was formed to provide information and support to KuneKune fanciers and provide to breeders of  purebred KuneKune Pigs in America a means of breed program record keeping in the form of an official registry.

The main aim of the association is to ensure the conservation and preservation of the KuneKune by:

  • Encouraging the breeding, owning, and improvement of KuneKunes as a multipurpose breed.
  • Promoting communication and cooperation between breeders and owners of KuneKunes.
  • Providing information on the breeding, keeping, and marketing of KuneKunes.
  • Maintaining a registry of purebred KuneKunes.
  • Promoting KuneKunes through exhibition, publications, and research.
An important aspect of AKBA is the requirement of breeders to provide a "Permanent Record" on all breeding stock via DNA testing to ensure proof of purity.  DNA testing for "proof of parentage" is required on each piglet produced and left intact (breeding potential).  This DNA testing service is provided to breeders by the University of California at Davis' School of Veterinary Medicine - Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL).  Once proof of parentage is provided via DNA testing, AKBA uses the bloodline name for each pig as part of the Official Registration Name and Number.  The bloodline name on each pedigree will identify the original boar or sow line from which it came often being traced all the way back to the original New Zealand stock.  Historically, using the bloodline name as part of the official name is the way in which pig registries keep records and is the best way in which to identify bloodlines for individual pigs without accessing archived herd books from New Zealand or the UK.

NOTICE:  Being that pigs have multiple piglets in a litter, it is possible for there to be multiple sires of one litter.  Do not assume that your pig is the progeny of stated parents unless proof of DNA is provided to you by the registered breeder.  AKBA requires proof of parentage on ALL registered breeding pigs.  Castrated or spayed pigs do not have to be DNA tested and can be registered as such.

Membership is NOT required nor provided, however, to become an "Associate Breeder" of the Registry (AKBA), a Prefix Application form must be submitted for approval.  The necessary fees are required to process paperwork/forms for a breeders' prefix which identifies all pigs produced and registered by the breeder, litter notification forms, and change of ownership forms, etc.  Anyone can become an associate and help to support the preservation efforts of AKBA.  Our annual newsletter is available to subscribers or can be purchased one at a time by contacting the editor, Alana Schoffstall, at www.BlackValleyFarm.com.

AKBA does not discriminate based on breeding program or purpose/use of kunekune pigs by breeder associates or others.  We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.

Jim and Lori Enright, Founders
Lori Enright, Registrar                                                
P.O. Box 7770
Norco, California  92860
(951) 505-5230  email:  americankunekune@yahoo.com