BRITAIN'S BULLDOGS
GIVE THE LIE TO U-BOAT BOASTS The bulldog, national emblem of Britain, is now proving a valuable source of funds for Britain's warchest. He was one of many breeds of dogs exported from the United Kingdom last year. Over 500 were shipped abroad, their value totalling over £25,000. Britain, the acknowledged dogbreeding centre of the world, shipped nearly all the popular breads last year. The animals ranged in value from £10 to £100 each, and included such dogs; as the terriers—. fox, bull, Cairn, Airedale and Kerry Blue—as well as pointers, setters, English springers, elkhounds", greyhounds and big doga like the Great Dane and mastiff. They were shipped through on<; of the world-famous British organisations which look after the interests of overseas dog-lovers, acting on their behalf in the selection, purchase and shipment of alF'kinds of livestock. Despite German boasts of U-boat sinkings only £20 was paid out by the insurance underwriters during the year for dogs lost at sea by «nemy action.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 307, 19 May 1941, Page 5
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165BRITAIN'S BULLDOGS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 307, 19 May 1941, Page 5
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