A Labour ban on tail docking has led to the Queen’s favourite breed, the Pembroke Corgi, becoming an endangered species, it has been claimed.
It has been put on the club’s “at watch” list for the first time with only 241 registrations so far this year.
Unless the club reaches 300 registrations the Pembroke Corgi will be entered on the Club’s “vulnerable native breeds list.”
The decline in the number of Pembroke Corgis is a result of a number of major breeders giving up after the Animal Welfare Act, banning docking, came into force six years ago.
According to Diana King, a leading corgi breeder, the modern Pembroke had evolved since the 1920s when it was mated with the bigger Cardigan.
