Dog shot dead after two dachshunds attacked on Perth beach
Police have fatally shot a dog after two dachshunds were attacked during an arrest at a beach north-west of Perth.
Sydney Morning Herald
The dog is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it is derived from extinct gray wolves, and the gray wolf is the dog's closest living relative. The dog was the first species to be domesticated by humans. Experts estimate that hunter-gatherers domesticated dogs more than 15,000 years ago, which was before the development of agriculture. Due to their long association with humans, dogs have expanded to a large number of domestic individuals and gained the ability to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canids.
Police have fatally shot a dog after two dachshunds were attacked during an arrest at a beach north-west of Perth.