Working dog, Davis Station, Antarctica – card for Nellie from husky register

Card from the husky register for Davis.

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[Underlined heading:] NELLIE

Sex:- Female.

Born:- Melbourne Zoo, 1957.

Sire:- Bing. [Handwritten addition:] Melb. Zoo dog.

Dam:- Dinah.

Type:- Labrador-Greenland

Description:- Light Alsatian tan, with darker markings on back.

Remarks:- Served by Horace, threw three pups August 29^th 1959. Has never been used in harness. Was the station pet and let run loose around the station during major part of 1958. Since whelping has become a very jealous bitch and cannot be trusted near another bitch.

[Handwritten annotation:] Destroyed 1961.

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