Tarsus Çatalburun Irkı Türk Av Köpeği (Türk Pointeri)
Türk Pointerleri, kendi anayurtlarında “Çatalburun” olarak bilinirler. Bir güney Anadolu kenti olan Mersin’in Tarsusilçesinde daha yaygın olarak görebileceğimiz bu eşsiz av köpeklerine başka yerlerde rastlamak güçtür. Bu gün, ırk olarak kayıtedilmemiş ve standartları belirlenmemiş bu köpeklerin, sayılarının 200 civarında olduğu tahmin edilmektedir. Birörnek yapılarıyla,yerel keklik avcısı olan bu köpekler yarık burunları ile tanınırlar. Sahiplerinin Tarsus Çatalburunları tercih etmelerinin sebebi, çokiyi bir avcı, zeki ve sadık olmaları; insanlarla ilişkilerinin iyi ve küçük bir bedene sahip olmalarıdır. Bu çalışma ile anayurtlarındaoldukça az sayıda yetiştirilen bu köpeklere dikkat çekmek ve bunlarla ilgili sınırlı sayıdaki yayınları artırmaya yönelikaraştırmacıları teşvik etmek amaçlanmıştır.
Tarsus Çatalburun Breed of Turkish Hunting Dog (Turkish Pointer)
In its homeland, this kind of Turkish pointer dog is known as “Çatalburun” that means "fork-nose". Thisdog is a rare hunting breed, closely associated with Tarsus province of the South Anatolian city of Mersin, but rarelyfound elsewhere. As of today, it is estimated that their number is about 200. Tarsus Çatalburun has been neitherstandardized nor recognized as a dog breed to this day. This dog breed is quite uniform in type and a valued localpartridge hunter. It is readily identified by its “split-nose”. Their owners prefer Tarsus Çatalburun dogs because theyare good hunter, intelligent, very loyal; have small body and good relations with people. The aim of this study was tocall attention to Tarsus Çatalburun dogs whose number is critically low in their homeland and to encourage andincrease the scientific researches involving these dogs that were addressed very few in scientific publications.
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