LAGOS, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Canine lovers in Nigeria’s industrial capital Lagos have been dazzled at a weekend carnival the place man’s greatest buddy strutted the purple carpet in vibrant outfits, a part of a drive to encourage pet possession in a rustic the place canine are sometimes bred for his or her meat.
Jackie Idimogu, organiser of the Lagos Canine Competition, now in its fourth yr, stated the present was aimed toward debunking stereotypes of Africans mistreating canine.
“I’ve been capable of make people perceive that canine usually are not for guards, like they don’t seem to be simply to be saved on the gate or exterior the compound,” Idimogu instructed Reuters.
“I’m comfortable to say that Nigerians are starting to know the love language of those animals.”
[1/6] Canine attend the annual Lagos Canine Carnival, with the theme “Splash of colors”, in Lagos, Nigeria, December 10, 2022. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
American Eskimos, Neapolitans, French bulldogs, a Siberian husky and American Staffordshire terrier, maltipoos, poodle crossbreeds and golden retrievers have been a few of the canine that took to the purple carpet and gained costs.
Pasha, a six-year-old Caucasian shepherd combine, was topped canine of the yr. He wore black sun shades and an identical purple and black scotch outfit together with his proprietor Hadiza Saidu.
“I selected purple as a result of it’s vibrant, it’s royalty, it’s majestic similar to him,” stated Saidu, in keeping with this yr’s theme, “splashes of colors”.
Panda, a black poodle-mix breed, gained the “princess in pink” award for her shiny outfit and the prize of “resentful” went to Ela, an American Eskimo canine, for her floral gown.
(This story has been refiled to alter reference to ‘his’ not ‘her’ within the sixth paragraph)
Reporting by MacDonald Dzirutwe; Enhancing by Nick Macfie
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