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Cirneco dell'Etna- the rare breed in the world.The classical studies on the subject of canine breeds disseminated in the Mediterranean basin came to the conclusion that the Cirneco dell’Etna descended from ancient hunting dogs bred in the valley of the Nile at the time of the Pharaohs, dogs which would have arrived in Sicily with the Phoenicians. But very recent research speaks in favor of a new conception according to which the Cirneco dell’Etna would be a native breed of Sicilian origin from precisely the vicinity of Etna. Coins and engravings prove in effect that the Cirneco existed in this location many centuries BC. |