Minutus

Just to clarify some of the comments made here about dogs not being "wolves"...
It is well known that dogs were domesticated from wolves. Thanks to the advancement in DNA analysis, it has been proven WITHOUT A DOUBT that GENETICALLY, dogs ARE wolves!
For those of you who require scientific verification, in 1993, the official change from Canis Familiaris to Canis Lupis Familiaris was formalized by the publication of the Mammal Species of the World, a Taxonomic and Geographical reference, edited by D.E. Wilson and D.E.A. Reeder, and published by the Smithsonian Institute in association with the American Society of Mammalogists. This reference book, BTW, is the FINAL AUTHORITY of the scientific community on Mammal Classification!
So, I would suggest that you folks with pets revise the SCIENTIFIC data out there, study a little about animal biology and recognize that if in 1993, DNA proved that dogs are genetically equal to wolves, the "theory" that because dogs have been "domesticated" and fed inappropriate diets for many years, Mother Nature STILL KNOWS BEST and we may want to manipulate science as much as we want, but in the end, the fact remains that dogs are wolves, and wolves are carnivores!
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Magda wrote:
"wolves"...

Agreed.

A DOUBT that GENETICALLY, dogs ARE wolves!

Not true.
Genetically humans have 98% of their genes in common with several
mammals, it does not make them those mammals.
One needs mitochondrial DNA to be checked out to show the relatedness or
lack of it, genetically between two individuals with many common genes,
such as dogs and wolves. The difference is then clear.
There was not much known about mitochondrial DNA then, though it was "in
the works" - being studied. The use of it was still quite new in 1996
for example when the genetic differences between domestic cats and Felis
lybica were also outlined definitively (by ProF Eric Harley at
University of Cape Town.) At that stage DNA analysis became sufficiently
sophisticated to differentiate easily between two specific individuals
as well as differentiating between 2 specific species.

Whether you feel wolves are dogs or vice versa is not as important as
what the research shows dogs are unable to make use of. Probably bad for
wolves too:-))

Namaste,
Irene
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