{"id":31087,"date":"2015-04-22T05:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=31087"},"modified":"2015-04-21T21:39:18","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T01:39:18","slug":"dog-breeds-in-danger-of-extinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2015\/04\/22\/dog-breeds-in-danger-of-extinction\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog breeds in danger of extinction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/priceonomics.com\/endangered-dog-breeds-and-the-market-forces-behind\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rosie Cima<\/a> looks at the complex relationship between humans and dogs &#8230; dog breeds, that is:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><div id=\"attachment_31088\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Skye_terrier_800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31088\" src=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Skye-Terrier.jpg\" alt=\"Skye Terrier (via Wikipedia)\" width=\"800\" height=\"592\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Skye-Terrier.jpg 800w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Skye-Terrier-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Skye-Terrier-480x355.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skye Terrier (via <em>Wikipedia<\/em>)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Meet the Skye terrier. Named after the Scottish Isle of Skye, he\u2019s one of the oldest terriers in the world &mdash; with a lineage tracing back to the Middle Ages. He\u2019s also been a very popular dog in his day. Queen Victoria kept several as pets starting a fashion trend. Mary, Queen of Scots kept one, which <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots#Execution\" target=\"_blank\">hid under her skirt at her execution<\/a>. Famously loyal, \u201cplucky but dignified\u201d, and an important cultural icon, this is the kind of dog people erect statues of. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greyfriars_Bobby\" target=\"_blank\">In fact, they have<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Want one? Better act fast: the breed could go extinct in your lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>Skye terrier breeders are doing their best to change the tide, but things don\u2019t look good. The global population is between <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-18118483\" target=\"_blank\">3,500 and 4,000<\/a>, making the once-common breed one of the rarest in the world. Skye terriers are rarer than red pandas. In the UK, there were only <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thekennelclub.org.uk\/getting-a-dog-or-puppy\/finding-the-right-dog\/vulnerable-native-breeds\/\" target=\"_blank\">17 puppies<\/a> of the Skye terrier breed registered in 2013. Breeders say they need 300 births a year to maintain a healthy population and avoid complications from inbreeding.<\/p>\n<p>How did this happen?<\/p>\n<p>For most of human\/canine history, dog breeds evolved gradually, alongside human society, to fill different functional roles as they were needed. If a society or economy shifted, and the role was no longer needed, the breed ceased to exist. Those dogs were either bred for a different purpose or were subsumed into the general dog population.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosie Cima looks at the complex relationship between humans and dogs &#8230; dog breeds, that is: Meet the Skye terrier. Named after the Scottish Isle of Skye, he\u2019s one of the oldest terriers in the world &mdash; with a lineage tracing back to the Middle Ages. 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