Too many breeders and not enough customers that can afford pedigree dogs? It was not long ago a female dog and her litter were stolen out of the back yard of the breeder.
March 9, 2015
By Camilla Turner
The genteel world of Crufts (click here) has been rocked by a murder mystery which has seen one dog apparently killed and two others taken ill in suspected poisonings, prompting a police investigation and manhunt.
March 9, 2015
By Camilla Turner
The genteel world of Crufts (click here) has been rocked by a murder mystery which has seen one dog apparently killed and two others taken ill in suspected poisonings, prompting a police investigation and manhunt.
In one
of the biggest scandals to have hit the dog show in its century-long
history, it is believed that jealous rival breeders poisoned an
award-winning Irish Setter, which collapsed and died within 24 hours
competing.
Three-year-old Thendara
Satisfaction, known as Jagger, came second in his class for best dog on
Thursday, but by midnight on Friday he had collapsed.
Police in Belgium are believed to be investigating the attack at the
world's biggest dog show, run by The Kennel Club, which took place at
the NEC in Birmingham. Willem Lauwers, 36, said he and his wife Aleksandra, 34, both professional dog breeders in Belgium, were “devastated” at the loss of their dog.
