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Animals News tagged with inbreeding

ACTION ALERT: Tell AKC: Stop Breeding for Deformities and Start Supporting Healthy Dogs!!
Animals  (tags: AKC, pedigree dogs, inbreeding, defects, suffering, deformities, healthy dogs )

Simone
- 10 days ago - animalwelfare.change.org
Last year, the BBC aired Pedigree Dogs: Exposed, an hour long documentary on how breeding for dog show standards has created an unhealthy "parade of mutants." Recently, the documentary aired in the United States, exposing US audiences to the horrible
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Pedigree Dogs Debate Hits Australia
Animals  (tags: pedigree dogs, inbreeding, suffering, illness, diseases, breeding to death, cruelty, study )

Simone
- 106 days ago - petstreet.co.uk
The film that caused such controversy over pedigree dogs recently has just been shown in Australia. The same footage of the boxers having epileptic fits and cavalier king charles spaniels writhing in pain from syringomyelia has shocked many Australia
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Inbreeding Causes Deformities and Suffering for Pedigree Dogs
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, dogs, inbreeding, environment, pets, protection )

Cher
- 107 days ago - mnn.com
Purebred dogs are being 'bred to death' for desirable traits, according to BBC documentary 'Pedigree Dogs Exposed'.
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The White Tiger Fraud
Animals  (tags: animals, white tigers, inbreeding, defect, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 127 days ago - all-creatures.org
...every white tiger in the U.S. is not only the result of repeated inbreeding of genetically defective animals but, even worse, is a hybrid or crossbred animal.
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WHITE TIGERS "Facts VS Fiction" Video!   video
Animals  (tags: animals, white tigers, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, inbreeding )

Cher
- 206 days ago - youtube.com
White tigers in captivity are produced from inbreeding and they actually weaken the captive tiger gene pool and they do nothing to help real conservation of the tiger. We state the first white was found in the 1950's as reports ealier to this may or may
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Australia's Koalas at Risk From Inbreeding, Warn Experts
Animals  (tags: animals, koalas, inbreeding, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 208 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The two largest populations of koalas in Australia are so heavily inbred that they could be wiped out "in an instant" by a single disease, scientists have warned.
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Isle Royale Wolves' Inbreeding Spells Caution for Northern Rockies Wolves
Animals  (tags: wolves, genetics, inbreeding, Isle Royale, Northern Rockies, environment, endangered, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 263 days ago - switchboard.nrdc.org
One of the principal concerns of prematurely removing wolves in the Northern Rockies from the endangered species list is that regular genetic connectivity among Northern Rockies wolves has not yet been established. There are three subpopulations of
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Isolated Wolf Packs Endangered Due to Inbreeding
Animals  (tags: wolves, inbreeding, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 266 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The wolves of Isle Royale, an island on Lake Superior, are suffering from genetically deformed bones due to inbreeding. Scientists from Michigan Technological University blame the extreme inbreeding of the small, isolated wolf population at the island
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Inbreeding Taking Toll on Michigan Wolves
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, wolves, inbreeding, sadness, suffering, protection, ethics, wildanimals, wildlife, endangered )

Dee
- 268 days ago - news.yahoo.com
The two dozen or so gray wolves that wander an island chain in northwestern Lake Superior are suffering from backbone malformations caused by genetic inbreeding, posing yet another challenge to their prospects for long-term survival..
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Bone Deformities Linked to Inbreeding in Isle Royale Wolves
Animals  (tags: wolves, deformities, inbreeding, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 271 days ago - genengnews.com
The wolves on Isle Royale are suffering from genetically deformed bones. Scientists from Michigan Technological University blame the extreme inbreeding of the small, isolated wolf population at the island National Park in northern Lake Superior.
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Inbreeding Blamed for 59 Lion Deaths in Himachal
Animals  (tags: asiatic lions, inbreeding, diseases, abnormalities, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 311 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
A lion safari in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district has lost 59 Asiatic lions in the past 26 years, with most big cats succumbing to diseases and abnormalities brought about by inbreeding due to a flawed reproduction programme,
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The White Tiger Fraud
Animals  (tags: white tigers, inbreeding, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildanimals, wildlife, habitat )

Cher
- 652 days ago - bigcatrescue.org
Did you know the only way to produce a white tiger is through severe inbreeding of brother to sister, father to daughter and mother to son? Did you know that there is no such species as a Royal White Bengal Tiger?
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White Tigers- The Cruelty Behind the Magic   video
Animals  (tags: white tigers, inbreeding, animals, AnimalWelfare, protection, environment, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 652 days ago - youtube.com
White tigers- when those two words come to mind, many people vision a beautiful, sleek, bengal tiger, with blue eyes, and beautiful, white fur. Many also think that this animal needs to be saved from extinction. Video
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China Surgeon Turns Cataract Skills to Cat's Eyes - China
Animals  (tags: china, tiger, south china tiger, cataracts, cub, inbreeding, sight )

Chrissy
- 695 days ago - africa.reuters.com
A Chinese surgeon more used to operating on humans has given a rare tiger cub back its sight by removing cataracts caused by inbreeding, state media said on Monday. The South China tiger, which will be a year old on Friday, had the cataracts removed last
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The Myth of the Endangered White Tiger
Animals  (tags: white tigers, inbreeding )

Kimberly
- 850 days ago - scientificblogging.com
The natural rarity of these animals and pressure from zoos and collectors to produce more white tigers means that current captive breeding pools go back to only a few closely interbred individuals.
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