Date:13/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/13/stories/2008121357252000.htm

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BBC not to air Crufts dog show

LONDON: For the first time in more than 40 years, the British Broadcasting Corporation will not televise Britain’s biggest dog show — after a controversy about canine inbreeding.

The broadcaster said on Friday it had suspended coverage of the 2009 Crufts show “pending further investigations into the health and well-being of pedigree dogs in the U.K.” Crufts was founded in 1891 and draws dogs and spectators from around the world. — AP