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| NYTimes Magazine, photo by Andrew Bettles |
NY Times Sunday Magazine, “Can the Bulldog Be Saved?”, revealed that misguided breeding has given bulldogs short, painful, unhappy lives, making them “the poster child for breeding gone awry.” “The breed is noted to have locomotion difficulties, breathing difficulties, an inability to mate or give birth without human assistance,” plus eye and ear problems, skin infections, respiratory issues, immunological and neurological problems.
In the midst of the story, the writer quoted a rare veterinarian who also had bulldogs as pets. I was struck by the name of one of her bulldogs, a 7-year-old female: Vanna White Trash,
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