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The Moscow watchdog (Russian: московская сторожевая, tr. Moskovskaya Storozhevaya) is a guard dog developed in the former Soviet Union, now Russia.It descends from crosses between the St. Bernard, the Caucasian Shepherd Dog and the Russian Pinto Hound. [1]
Russia's national cat, the Siberian cat, on a 1996 and 2020 Russian stamp During this first introduction of the Siberian to the West , the cat was often still known as the "Russian Longhair". [ 3 ] These cats were crossed with other popular long-haired breeds, and the separate identity was soon lost.
The East European Shepherd is now among the most numerous dog breeds in Russia and several former Soviet countries. [ 3 ] With effect from 1 January 2017 the Vostochno Evropeiskaya Ovcharka was recognised by the Nordic Kennel Union [ da ] , and is thus recognised by the Danish Kennel Club [ da ] , the Finnish Kennel Club , the Icelandic Kennel ...
The results of the study suggest that admixture between wolves and dogs is a common event in the areas where large livestock guardian dogs are held in a traditional way, and that gene flow between dogs and gray wolves was an important force influencing gene pool of dogs for millennia since early domestication events. [21]
Animal Rescue KharkivAs Russian bombs rain down on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, volunteers dart through the city, dodging artillery on a mission to save lives. Panicked family members ...
But not all animals accompanied their owners to safety — many were left behind to fend for themselves. Animal shelters have since sprung up, staffed by dedicated teams of Ukrainian volunteers.
The Russian word laika (лайка) is a noun derived from the verb layat' (лаять, to bark), and literally means barker.As the name of a dog variety, it is used not only in Russian cynological literature, but sometimes in other languages as well to refer to all varieties of hunting dogs traditionally kept by the peoples of the northern Russia and adjacent areas.
The name sable appears to be of Slavic origin and entered most Western European languages via the early medieval fur trade. [3] Thus the Russian соболь (sobol') and Polish soból became the German Zobel, Dutch sabel; the French zibeline, Spanish cibelina, cebellina, Finnish soopeli, Portuguese zibelina and Medieval Latin zibellina derive from the Italian form (zibellino).