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Bella, a seven-month-old Jack Russell Terrier, walk in the Hawaian Humane Society's annual Petwalk around Magic Island and Ala Moana Park in Honolulu, Hawaii June 20, 2004. Animal lovers and pets from all over Oahu came out to contribute to the leisurely walk, costume contest, tail wagging competition and fundraiser. REUTERS |
SAN FRANCISCO - A national group for owners of Jack Russell terriers may oust members who join other canine clubs to help prevent the breed from evolving into a show dog, a U.S. appeals court ruled. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit by dissident members against the Jack Russell Terrier Club of America, which aims to
preserve the working-dog characteristics of the breed by barring members from registering their dogs with other clubs. The terrier club believes other groups' standards for the breed could over time turn the dogs into a show breed, bred for form instead of function. Jack Russell terriers were first bred in England in the 1800s to hunt foxes.
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