You probably haven't played Monopoly in a while, and if you have, you probably used the old version of game tucked into the top shelf of your closet.
That said, if you've acquired a new set in recent years, you may have noticed that the Scottish Terrier has disappeared from the "Monopoly Here and Now" version of the game and been replaced with a hybrid Labradoodle -- a cross between a Labrador Retriever and a Standard Poodle.
So what happened to the Scottish terrier?
Actually, quite a lot of bad things, including jaw-dropping levels of cancer, and rising levels of inbreeding.
The clear message of the "Here and Now" version of Monopoly is that a modern science-based person will stay clear of dogs bred by 19th Century theorists, and will instead focus more on true canine health and utility.
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I can appreciate the concerns about inbreeding and its consequences in closed-breed matings...and maybe it's just something to do with the name...but I do believe I'm more opposed to Labradoodles than I am to human cloning.
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I hear you and agree with you!
ReplyDeletePlease God, let's rename this dog.
Of course it could have been called a Lab-Poo which would have been even worse.
Patrick