BBC scraps coverage of Crufts over breeding standards fears

The BBC has decided to scrap television coverage of Crufts dog show next year because it could not run the risk of a deformed or diseased dog becoming supreme champion.

The broadcaster demanded that 12 breeds linked to inherited genetic disease be dropped from the show as a condition for nightly coverage of the four-day event. After advice from a panel of experts, the BBC wished to bar from the screen the Clumber spaniel, basset hound, bloodhound, dogue de Bordeaux, mastiff, Neapolitan mastiff, Pekingese, shar-pei, chow chow, German shepherd, bulldog, St Bernard, Cavalier King Charles spaniel and Rhodesian ridgeback.

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