breeder
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Dozens of critically endangered tortoises were sent by a German commercial breeder to a defunct zoo in Togo, then to Belgium before arriving in India.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
A longtime pet breeder, Matson moved to Newberry Springs about nine years ago to raise ostriches and other exotic animals, selling their chicks and eggs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
"French was a first-time breeder, Frank is an elderly gentleman by king penguin standards, and the egg itself was smaller than average," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
This is the talk of “the Samoyed grapevine,” said Deborah DeFonzo, a breeder who runs Atomic Samoyeds in Hampton, N.J.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Mendel, as we shall see, was an instinctual gardener—a breeder of plants, a counter of seeds, an isolator of traits; Darwin was a garden digger—a classifier of plants, an organizer of specimens, a taxonomist.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Customers filed lawsuits claiming Bacelar was buying dogs on the cheap from breeders, then misrepresenting them as rescues and charging high adoption fees, The Times reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The Danish Mink Association, which represents breeders, has been approached for comment.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Most of the dogs are beagles, along with some Malinois and Shepherd mixes, brought on board through adoption or legal breeders.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Its striking white and yellow coloration quickly attracted attention in the pet trade, but breeders soon noticed an unfortunate pattern.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
The study that founded modern biology was buried in the pages of an obscure journal of an obscure scientific society, read mostly by plant breeders in a declining Central European town.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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