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Our recent discussion on dog breeding reminded me when I was reading this article. Dog breeding is a touchy subject, specially due to the fact that humans are altering the genome of a breed just to make it more appealing to the masses. If a cuter face came with blindness or other disabilities, then people would still take the cuter face because those genetic problems aren't heavily apparent until much later. I feel if a dog has to be birthed through c-section and cannot give natural birth, there should be a lot of questions asked here.
People need to be made aware of the health concerns of heavily inbred dogs, and take cautionary measures to prevent the ongoing trend of cuteness over healthy. Despite how tragic the even in which a dog died due to it being stored in the overhead bin of an aircraft, perhaps it would start a discussion on forms of animal cruelty, forced inbreeding included. In order for a species (or in this case, breed) to stay healthy, there must be variety in the gene pool. Even in species that are bred to be kept as solely human pets, they still should be healthy. people simply need to be more considerate of the needs of other species over their desires.
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