Kangaroo dog
| Kangaroo dog | |||||||||||||
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 Kangaroo dog ca. 1915 | |||||||||||||
| Other names | Australian Greyhound Bush Greyhound Kangaroo Greyhound Kangaroo Hound Staghound | ||||||||||||
| Origin | Australia | ||||||||||||
| Foundation stock | Combination of various sighthound breeds | ||||||||||||
| Breed status | Not recognised as a breed by any major kennel club. | ||||||||||||
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| Dog ( domestic dog ) | |||||||||||||
The kangaroo dog or kangaroo hound is an Australian type of sighthound purposely crossbred from a variety of sighthound breeds to produce a hunting dog.
Kangaroo dogs were first bred by colonial settlers in Australia from as early as the 1830s, the aim being to create a sighthound fast, strong and robust enough to outrun, catch and hold a
Irish Wolfhound blood; later, the Borzoi was also used and more recently the Saluki as well.[1][2][3][5]
Hunting of native species with sighthounds is now banned in Australia; however, kangaroo dogs are still bred for hunting invasive introduced species, such as feral pigs and red foxes.
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 1-85310-912-6.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84797-392-4.
- ^ a b Mason, Walter E. (1915). Dogs of all nations. San Francisco: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition. pp. 40 & 123.
- ^ Gelder, Ken; Weaver, Rachael (31 August 2018). "Friday essay: the art of the colonial kangaroo hunt". The Conversation. The Conversation Media Group Ltd. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-7566-6004-8.
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