Sentences with phrase «deliberate breeding»
In some situations, breeders have deliberately tried to perpetuate polydactyl cats (eg, in some lines of the the Maine coon breed, and sometimes by developing a breed defined by the presence of polydactylism — eg, the American Polydactyl), but International Cat Care believe such deliberate breeding of a genetic mutation should be discouraged.
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Their rise began when a hairless puppy emerged in a litter of rat terriers in the 1970s, wowing a Louisiana couple and leading to deliberate breeding of the hairless dogs, according to the American Hairless Terrier Club of America.
But unlike other cases of domestication, cats didn't become household companions through a process of deliberate breeding; rather, it was by means of natural selection, says Carlos Driscoll, a geneticist at the University of Oxford.
Although no specific detrimental health issues have been reported, we would not support the deliberate breeding of cats with abnormal tail carriage.
The Maltapoo is a deliberate breeding between the two breeds of dog.
They nearly became extinct after WWI, but around 1922, a deliberate breeding program began that brought the breed back.
The Society is opposed to deliberate breeding to produce dogs possessing a disqualifying fault.
Often there is also a poor social attitude to animals and exploitation is common and generally accepted without question and one consequence is a lot of accidental and deliberate breeding and there are many homeless dogs on the streets.
Needless to say, the deliberate breeding of double merles causes a lot of controversy in the canine world and certain official bodies (such as the Kennel Club in the UK) have clamped down on the practice, refusing to register dogs that are a result of merle to merle breeding.
Official bodies can lead the forefront in discouraging the deliberate breeding of double merles, but educating puppy buyers would also help.
It has not evolved naturally, but been designed by the deliberate breeding together of dogs with smaller and smaller muzzles.