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A large number of Tibetan mastiffs have been abandoned and left to starve in Tibet’s capital Lhasa, reports Radio Free Asia. Traditionally domesticated by Tibetan nomads as guards, the demand and growing popularity of Tibetan mastiffs grew around 2008. They fetched high prices of up to US$ 250,000 but the demand gradually decreased and the subsequent price fall resulted in many dogs being let loose in the streets.
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