MS HR62

Designates Pineywoods cattle as Mississippi's official heritage breed of cattle, recognizing their Spanish colonial origins from the early 1500s and natural disease resistance

Recognizes the Colonial Spanish/Pine Tacky horse as the official heritage horse breed, noting its historical importance to the Choctaw nation before their removal to Oklahoma in the 1830s

Designates Gulf Coast Native sheep (also known as Louisiana Scrub or Pineywoods Native) as the official heritage sheep breed

Highlights that all three breeds are endangered or critically rare, with Gulf Coast Native sheep listed as "critical" by the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy

Directs copies of the resolution be sent to the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation and Capitol Press Corps