(Afghan Hound Database and Breed Information Exchange)
(Weekly World News 2004)
Trash from Trash WWN
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The above feature appeared in "Weekly World News" on May 31, 2004 where supposedly an excited secretary's Afghan Hound (supposedly owned by Annette Tolore) is reputed to" talk" (The Uzbeki dialact). Update July 2013. Since posting this original article we have found another Afghan talking story by WWN. In fact exactly the same story, word for word (plus multiple typo/spelling mistakes). And it turns out that the 2004 WWN article did not feature an Afghan hound owned by Anette Tolore, but WWN ignored copyright, used a photograph taken in the UK of an Afghan hound named Flash (Zanavars Lightning Strikes at Tambang, owned by Pam Croft, Tambang UK). The latest bit of rubbish from this trash publication WWN involves another talking Afghan. According to trash WWN its the same dog and owner as in 2004 - except the dog is a different colour and the owner is different. The photograph copyright has again been infringed by trash WWN, the second photo having been taken by the professional photographer Michael Trafford (UK). So whilst trash WWN purport to write fun stories, they abuse other's rights in the process.. Steve
WWN published the SAME story again in 2012 (see below), but this time the Afghan Hound is different, and so apparently is the owner, and also the president they were contacting is different. I emailed the editor of WWN seeking clarification on some of the inconsitencies between the 2004 and 2012 versions of their article. If I hear back, I'll post their response here.
Steve T August 2013
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Some Afghan Antics Links
- Shendi the famous dumbell flicking disobedient/obedient Afghan
- Anette Tolore's Talking Afghan Hound
- Sinbad the mountain goat/ Afghan Hound
- Some vintage news items