Dog Breeds Vulnerable to Extinction in the United States
10 dog breeds account for half of AKC registrations while others near extinction.
by Stanley Coren
In a previous article I talked about the list of “vulnerable dog breeds” which is posted by the British Kennel Club (see here). This list includes those breeds of dogs for which the annual registration number is less than 300. The British Kennel Club worries that breeds with such low registration statistics may be in danger of disappearing. In that article I noted that the Queen’s Pembroke Welsh Corgis were among those listed as vulnerable. A number of people protested that Corgis are not nearing extinction in the United States since they rank 24th in the most recent list of registrations provided by the American Kennel Club (AKC). Obviously there are geographic differences in the popularity of dog breeds. On the basis of such considerations, some other people asked me if the AKC also kept a list of dog breeds which appear to be nearing extinction in America, and if so, could I provide it.
Unfortunately the AKC does not keep a list of vulnerable breeds, and for reasons known only to that organization they have lately decided to no longer post the actual breed registration numbers. However, even without the computer hacking skills of someone like Edward Snowden, I managed to find a friendly “spy” in the AKC who provided me with a recent set of registration numbers. Upon looking at that data I found some real surprises.
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Posted by chesliepickett
on Jan 6 2015. Filed under Featured, The Buzz.
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