The stockman in his pasture, the exhibitor in the ring and the breeder beside the whelping box feel the earth shudder when either is aroused.
Breeders find themselves faced with a growing list of ills.
The situation has become so serious that it has caught the attention of the general public, resulting in major stories in the mainstream press and electronic media. He could bring his fractious brother under control if we could only find the alarm to arouse him. That alarm is ethics. The registries hold up their hands, insisting hereditary disease control is the province of breeders. If the AKC wanted to, it could.