WE HAVE NEWS TO SHARE WITH THE COTON COMMUNITY!
In 2018, our MCPC President and Vice-President, Debbie Newman and Becky Olsen, returned from a two-week visit to Madagascar to meet their official Coton Club (CTMC) and their members. The photos below are from the three different cities they visited and had Coton gatherings in. You can see all our photos and our travel blogging at our facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/ILoveMyCotondeTulear/
Breeders from around the world, have always believed, or been told, that there were no Cotons left in Madagascar, they are all mix breeds. Our trip was a goodwill visit to help their breed club in any manner possible, this is what we provided for them:
- History of the Coton de Tulear in Madagascar and in North America, they have no written history themselves.
- Explained the CTCA Breed Standard, they had no idea there were different breed standards in the USA.
- We provided Breed Conformation, based on the FCI standard, and Grooming demonstrations.
- We were able to DNA test 21 of their Cotons with Embark Vet kits.
Prior to our visit, we did test a beautiful tricolor Coton and the results were 100% Coton de Tulear. This was exciting news for everyone. The Malagasy People want to save their breed in Madagascar, as they are the Country of Origin, and now they can prove to the world (with DNA) that they DO have purebred Cotons de Tulear in Madagascar.
Madagascar is a poor country and can not afford the DNA test kits (just over $100). We have offered to raise money to purchase more DNA kits, so they can test all of their Cotons. They will be using the results, and working with the scientists at Embark Vet and at the Institute of Canine Biology, to help them develop breeding strategies for their members and country.
Please consider donating to help us send more DNA kits to the Malagasy people helping them to
SAVE THE COTON DE TULEAR in Madagascar.
Madagascar is a poor country and can not afford the DNA test kits (just over $100). We have offered to raise money to purchase more DNA kits, so they can test all of their Cotons. They will be using the results, and working with the scientists at Embark Vet and at the Institute of Canine Biology, to help them develop breeding strategies for their members and country.
Please consider donating to help us send more DNA kits to the Malagasy people helping them to
SAVE THE COTON DE TULEAR in Madagascar.