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Pedigree cat breeding has long had its controversies but a new trend for cats bred to look like American bully XL dogs could be one of the most worrying fads yet.breeding, which focuses on keeping animals purebred, mutant breeding involves intentionally combining genetic mutations to create cats with a specific look. In this case, they mix the gene that causes hairlessness in sphynx cats with the gene responsible for the short legs of munchkin cats, making bully cats a munchkin-sphynx cross.
In this case, the resemblance between bully cats and dogs is more about human-driven design, where appearance is prioritized. The bully cat seems to have been intentionally bred to resemble the bully dog, perhaps due to their perception among young men as a kind of Examples of this can be seen across a number of domestic species. For example, due to the muscularity of their calves, Belgian Blue cattle requirethan its wild counterparts. If allowed to live longer than their usual slaughter age, many would not survive. Bully cats would probably also struggle to survive in the wild, without humans to care for them.and reduce harmful traits in many breeds.
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