This is because the gene
pool of these rare breeds is too small.
This is simply unacceptable to those of us who love this charming rare breed and wish it to remain healthy and protect the gene
pool of the rare breed Coton de Tulear from Madagascar.
Not exact matches
(All responsible breeders carefully place their dogs in new homes, but breeders
of rare breeds are even more finicky about where their pups go because they are guardians
of a small gene
pool and need to make sure that all breedable dogs are kept intact and that buyers understand the consequences
of owning a pet that is also the repository
of genes from that limited
pool.)
White Aussies are
rare today because we have been slowly eliminating the «more white» forms
of the white marking genes from our gene
pool by not
breeding Aussies with more than allowable white (though the preference for white trim on the show dogs does have some pushing the envelope.)
Its boundaries encompasses sea, sand dunes, tidal rock
pools, a vlei,
rare fynbos, the Potberg Mountains, and a range
of animals that range from
rare Cape vultures to mountain zebra, ostrich and whales (these waters are the offshore
breeding nursery for the Southern Right whale).