Today I learned about the Turnspit dog
Today I learned that there was once a breed of dogs trained to run inside a wheel to turn the grilled meat. It is extinct because it is considered ugly and worthless.
This is heartbreaking and I don't understand how the human can do something like this, making dogs get extinct because of their appearance.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnspit_dog
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