Dog show begins amid protest against breeders

CRUFTS dog show started yesterday amid claims pedigree breeders are “creating a Frankenstein’s monster of a dog”.

Protesters from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) gathered outside Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre, where the four-day event is held, with banners bearing the slogan: “Hitler Would Be Proud”.

The campaigners also displayed posters featuring a white Maltese dog, pictured with a black comb placed across its upper lip to make it look as if it has an Adolf Hitler-style moustache.