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Greenland sled dogs at risk of extinction

2018; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 360; Issue: 6393 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/science.aat9578

1095-9203

Christian Sonne, Rikke Langebæk, Runé Dietz, Emilie Andersen-Ranberg, Geoffrey A Houser, Anders J. Hansen, Mikkel‐Holger S. Sinding, Morten Tange Olsen, Carsten Egevang, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Morten Meldgaard,

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Dog ( Canis familiaris ) and sled remains found together suggest that the first sled dogs arose approximately 10,000 years ago ([ 1 ][1]). The ancestors to current sled dog breeds were essential to the Inuit's conquest of the Arctic. Sled dogs provided the main transport and hunting platform ([ 2 ][