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Animal experimentation, including testing cosmetics on animals, is legal in South Africa. [8] South Africa does not keep statistics on the number of animals used in research. [9] The NSPCA serves on various animal ethics committees to ensure that animals are not unnecessarily abused when used in research. No registered research is taking place ...
The name Boerboel derives from the Afrikaans words boer, meaning farmer, and boel, a shortening of boelhond, meaning bulldog. [11]The Boerboel descends from an old colonial cross-breed of mastiffs and bulldogs used both as a guard dog on remote farms and estates and for big game hunting, and known as the Boer Dog [12]: 618 or Boer Hunting Dog.
Animal rights vary greatly among countries and territories. Such laws range from the legal recognition of non-human animal sentience to the absolute lack of any anti-cruelty laws, with no regard for animal welfare.
Franklin County's top dog breed last year was the humble mutt, which made up for over 20,000 dog registrations. Mixed (20,153) Lab (including all variants) (9,149)
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[2] [3] The Africanis is known by a number of names. These include the Kaffer brak (racist term), Kasi dog, umbwa wa ki-tamaduni ("traditional dog" in Kiswahili), the Khoikhoi dog, the Tswana dog and the Zulu dog. Other local names include Sica, Isiqha, umhuqa, umgodoyi, Ixhalaga, Ixalagha, Isigola, I-Twina, and Itiwina. [3]
Bagirmi Dog: a large dog with piebald colour, named after the Baguirmi Department of Chad. [7] Cameroon Dog: a hunting dog from West Africa, of medium size and primitive type, with erect ears, long legs and short coat, often piebald in colour, named after Cameroon. [7] East African Dog: a hunting dog from Kenya, large in size. [7]
The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a large dog breed originally bred in Southern Africa. [1] The original breed standard was drafted by F.R. Barnes, in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), in 1922, and approved by the South African Kennel Union in 1927.