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In the Sign of the Xoloitzcuintle: The Sacred Dog

Posted on 9. September 202611. September 2026

Written exclusively for zoos.media – September 9, 2026. By: Dr. Kerstin Alexandra Dörnath In her column WildLifeGaze, veterinarian Dr. Kerstin Alexandra Dörnath looks at the Xoloitzcuintle – and in the process, she feels ashamed of Germany’s obsession with regulation.

Ancestral and rare dogs falsely suspected

Posted on 13. April 202318. July 2023

Exclusive for zoos.media – originally published in German on the 22nd of December in 2022. Author: Philipp J. Kroiss. Translator: Denis Gautheret Hairless dogs are among the oldest dog breeds still existing today. The reproach of a “torture breeding” comes up regularly in the discussion of some advocates of their extinction. This is fundamentally wrong.