Great Briton: Andy Murray ended Britain's 77-year wait for a men's singles title at Wimbledon and is expected to win the public's vote next month Photo: STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS
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Sunday, 12 January 2014
Poll: Andy Murray is favourite to be named Sports Personality of the Year, but who gets your vote?
Great Scot: Andy Murray celebrated Wimbledon success in the summer, but will he be celebrating being named the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in December? Photo: EDDIE MULHOLLAND
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Friday, 6 December 2013
Royals' favourite hunt probed by police
Capt Ian Farquhar, Joint Master of the Beaufort Hunt with the hounds during a fox hunt near Tetbury, Gloucestershire Photo: PA By Miranda Prynne, News Reporter2:19PM GMT 05 Dec 2013
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Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Princess Diana's favourite fairytale ballgown for sale
Kim Kardashian wins the battle of the Dolce & Gabbana lace dresses
Miley Cyrus channels Kate Moss at the MTV EMAs
The Angels prepare for the Victoria's Secret Show 2013
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Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Queen's favourite corgi endangered due to Labour law
By David Millward12:46PM GMT 03 Nov 2013Follow
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A Labour ban on tail docking has led to the Queen’s favourite breed, the Pembroke Corgi, becoming an endangered species, it has been claimed.
It has been put on the club’s “at watch” list for the first time with only 241 registrations so far this year.
Unless the club reaches 300 registrations the Pembroke Corgi will be entered on the Club’s “vulnerable native breeds list.”
The decline in the number of Pembroke Corgis is a result of a number of major breeders giving up after the Animal Welfare Act, banning docking, came into force six years ago.
According to Diana King, a leading corgi breeder, the modern Pembroke had evolved since the 1920s when it was mated with the bigger Cardigan.
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29 Oct 2013What emerged was a Pembroke with the bigger healthier bone structure of a Cardigan, but also its tail – which breeders docked.
The docking ban, breeders feel, has spoiled the look of the dock which is why many pulling out of the business.
“We have lost a lot of our big kennels, a lot have just given up,” said Mrs King.
“A lot of the breeders are now just hobbyists even though we still have a terrific demand for puppies, but we can’t fulfil it.”
Corgis have been part of the Royal Family since 1933 when George Vl bought a dog called Dookie from the local kennels.
On her eighteenth birthday, The Queen was given a Corgi named Susan who became the matriarch of the canine dynasty which has been at Buckingham Palace ever since.
Currently the Queen has two corgis, Willow and Holly. A third, Monty, which appeared with her and Daniel Craig in the Olympic James Bond film, has since died.
The figures showing the decline of the Pembroke Corgi have been released ahead of the Kennel Club’s Discover Dogs event at Earls Court next weekend.
Other native breeds, once regularly in the top 10, are also declining, including the native Boxer, West Highland White Terrier and Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
The West Highland White Terrier has seen registrations drop by 60 per cent between 2003 and 2012, with only 2,390 in the first nine months of the year.
There has been slightly better news for other domestic breeds, which had been in decline including the Old English Sheepdog, which has seen registrations increase by 17 per cent in the first three quarter of this year after a 10-year decline.
While British dogs appear to be under threat some foreign breeds – such as the French Bulldog – whose owners include Jonathan Ross and Reese Witherspoon – are flourishing.
“Small dogs are becoming much more popular,” said Caroline Kisko, the Kennel Club Secretary.
“Whilst in some cases this is because they may be a better fit for particular lifestyles, it is also because people are buying on impulse and going for the most obvious or fashionable choices.”
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Queen's favourite corgi endangered due to Labour law
By David Millward12:46PM GMT 03 Nov 2013Follow
View the Original article
A Labour ban on tail docking has led to the Queen’s favourite breed, the Pembroke Corgi, becoming an endangered species, it has been claimed.
It has been put on the club’s “at watch” list for the first time with only 241 registrations so far this year.
Unless the club reaches 300 registrations the Pembroke Corgi will be entered on the Club’s “vulnerable native breeds list.”
The decline in the number of Pembroke Corgis is a result of a number of major breeders giving up after the Animal Welfare Act, banning docking, came into force six years ago.
According to Diana King, a leading corgi breeder, the modern Pembroke had evolved since the 1920s when it was mated with the bigger Cardigan.
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29 Oct 2013What emerged was a Pembroke with the bigger healthier bone structure of a Cardigan, but also its tail – which breeders docked.
The docking ban, breeders feel, has spoiled the look of the dock which is why many pulling out of the business.
“We have lost a lot of our big kennels, a lot have just given up,” said Mrs King.
“A lot of the breeders are now just hobbyists even though we still have a terrific demand for puppies, but we can’t fulfil it.”
Corgis have been part of the Royal Family since 1933 when George Vl bought a dog called Dookie from the local kennels.
On her eighteenth birthday, The Queen was given a Corgi named Susan who became the matriarch of the canine dynasty which has been at Buckingham Palace ever since.
Currently the Queen has two corgis, Willow and Holly. A third, Monty, which appeared with her and Daniel Craig in the Olympic James Bond film, has since died.
The figures showing the decline of the Pembroke Corgi have been released ahead of the Kennel Club’s Discover Dogs event at Earls Court next weekend.
Other native breeds, once regularly in the top 10, are also declining, including the native Boxer, West Highland White Terrier and Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
The West Highland White Terrier has seen registrations drop by 60 per cent between 2003 and 2012, with only 2,390 in the first nine months of the year.
There has been slightly better news for other domestic breeds, which had been in decline including the Old English Sheepdog, which has seen registrations increase by 17 per cent in the first three quarter of this year after a 10-year decline.
While British dogs appear to be under threat some foreign breeds – such as the French Bulldog – whose owners include Jonathan Ross and Reese Witherspoon – are flourishing.
“Small dogs are becoming much more popular,” said Caroline Kisko, the Kennel Club Secretary.
“Whilst in some cases this is because they may be a better fit for particular lifestyles, it is also because people are buying on impulse and going for the most obvious or fashionable choices.”
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