Sukie writes
>I know that some show and club groups are starting to take seriously
>that fancies can bring along health problems -- and that increasing
>the percentage of such individuals in the breeding population causes
>a dangerous upward spiral in health problems -- and are trying to find
>ways to address and discourage this practise.
 
This would indeed be good news.  I'd be interested to hear what is being
done to reduce the risks of overbreeding and inbreeding that is so common
in the dog/cat show world.  Any show sactioning organizations out there
with ideas?
 
Linda Iroff
Oberlin OH
[Posted in FML issue 3819]