breeder
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Puppy farming is the term used when breeders prioritise profit over animal health and welfare, often keeping large numbers of dogs in small pens and using them to produce multiple litters a year.
From BBC
The malleability of the dog genome allows for enormous physical variety, she explained, meaning that breeders can push features to extremes—squashing snouts, piling on wrinkles.
Howard Dill, a Canadian pumpkin breeder, crossed and then certified the Dill’s Atlantic Giant pumpkin variety about 40 years ago.
So how did a small plant breeder in Somerset end up selling tropical plants all over the world?
From BBC
This discovery could give breeders a powerful new tool to boost yields without needing more land, water, or fertilizer.
From Science Daily
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