Showing posts with label inbreeding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inbreeding. Show all posts
Sunday, May 27, 2018

Sick Puppies and Broken Dogs

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Steve Dean is the new Chairman of the Kennel Club. Art by Kevin Brockbank, for the August 2011 issue of   Dogs Today .  It's Tim...
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Tuesday, January 03, 2017

Darwin's Little Lesson on Inbreeding

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From New Scientist : Widespread inbreeding between the Darwin and Wedgwood families was probably to blame for Charles Darwin's il...
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Friday, March 16, 2012

Isle Royale Wolves on Thin Ice

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In an earlier post entitled Islands of Wolves, Rats, Lions and Dogs , I detailed the different social-demographic-and genetic loads and pr...
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Thursday, February 09, 2012

Pedigree Dogs Exposed - Three Years On

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The BBC has announced that it has slated Pedigree Dogs Exposed - Three Years On for show sometime later this month, almost certainly to a...
Thursday, January 05, 2012

Steven Seymour on the Kennel Club's Failure

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Writing in Dog World , Steven Seymour notes that the Kennel Club continues to salute inbred thinking at every level. I was deeply disapp...
Monday, August 23, 2010

"A Veritable Human Crufts"

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Click to enlarge In The Daily Telegraph , Ed West notes that inbreeding within the U.K.'s Pakistani immigrant community has made at lea...
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Friday, June 18, 2010

The Humane Society did WHAT?

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Has Hell frozen over? You might think so. You see, the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) is quoting this blog in the cover story of All...
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Wednesday, June 09, 2010

The Real Numbers are Numbing Enough ....

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I don't think anyone has ever accused me of being a defender of inbreeding. I'm against it, and I am not shy about saying so. In f...
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Basenji's: A Classic Tale of Kennel Club Defect

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Modern African Basenjis after a hunt. In correspondence this weekend , a reader wrote to note that not all was darkness in the American Kenn...
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Caroline Kisko Continues to Damage the Brand

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Kennel Club spokesperson Caroline Kisko really has to go . She is a proven liar ; a small fact I have demonstrated in previous posts. It...
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Friday, February 26, 2010

Are Pet Dogs More Myopic Than Working Dogs?

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The "Nearsightedeyes" web site reports on a study of about two hundred dogs by veterinarian Christopher J. Murphy and his collea...
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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Mostly, the TV Networks Pimp for the AKC

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Canine freaks make for quick laughs, easy action, and good television ratings. The AKC was invited by NBC television's Today Show to p...
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Dog Disorders Related to Breed Standards

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T-Shirt Available - Perfect for Crufts and Westminster . The George Fleming Prize winner for 2009 has been announced, just in time for tomo...
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Monday, November 16, 2009

From Bassets to Auschwitz in 50 Years

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There is nothing quite as amusing as the Kennel Club saying it has had nothing to do with Eugenics. Really? Let us look at their own ...
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