Newspaper or magazine articles

Gibson, Helen. “A Flawed Beauty: The focus on desirable, prize-winning looks has created purebred dogs in Britain with a slew of health problems.” Time Europe 13 Aug. 2001: 44 – 46

Gibson, writer for Time magazine (both main and London-based operations) for over 12 years, thoroughly covers the topic of purebred dogs and the health problems associated with the results of “making” these purebred dogs. She addresses issues such as the manner in which purebred show dogs are handled, kennel club standards for purebred dogs, disorders caused by recessive genes, and the lives that these dogs bred strictly for appearance live. This article is fantastic for getting a few statistics and a good overall introduction to the problems surrounding the so-called “pure” breeding of dogs.

Woestendiek, John. "Everybody loves a clone: A chip off the old Booger." Baltimore Sun 2 June 2008. http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/mutts/blog/everybody_loves_a_clone/

This article from the Baltimore Sun is about the first commercially cloned dog. While this article provides minimal statistical information about how much it costs to clone a dog and how many cloned dogs the Korea-based company can produce in a year, it makes for a good starting ground for talking about a less-common issue in the world of dog breeding. It could be used to talk about the ethics involved in cloning pets and similar topics.

http://www.ajc.com/tv/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/2008/05/20/barking_0521.html

An article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution talks specifically about one man who has been rescuing dogs from euthanasia for many years, but faces 12 years of life in prison on noise violation charges and could have many of his dogs taken away from him. This article deals with many issues that are related to dog breeding: animal hoarders, barking and noise violations, and euthanasia. If the man ends up going to prison, it could cause protesting and even petitioning or new legislation.