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Bobi, a canine who died in October 2023, was listed by Guinness World Data because the oldest canine ever till the title was revoked after a GWR investigation into the proof supporting claims in regards to the canine’s age. Picture courtesy of Guinness World Data
Feb. 23 (UPI) — Guinness World Records stated it has revoked the title of oldest canine ever from Bobi, a canine who was purportedly 31 when he died in October 2023.
Mark McKinley, director of data at GWR, stated Bobi’s title was revoked after an investigation was conducted in accordance with the record-keeping group’s assessment and appeals course of.
“Following issues raised by vets and different consultants, each privately in addition to inside public commentary, and the findings of investigations performed by some media shops, we felt it essential to open a assessment into Bobi’s document,” McKinley said in a news release.
He stated the investigation discovered there was inadequate proof of Bobi’s age.
McKinley stated the proof submitted for Bobi’s age was all sourced to microchip information from the Portuguese authorities database. The probe discovered Bobi’s microchip was put in in 2022, when Portugal didn’t require proof of age for canines born previous to 2008.
“With the extra veterinary assertion supplied as proof for Bobi’s age additionally citing this microchip information, we’re left with no conclusive proof which may definitively show Bobi’s date of beginning,” McKinley stated. “With none conclusive proof out there to us proper now, we merely cannot retain Bobi because the document holder and actually declare to take care of the excessive requirements we set ourselves.”
He stated Bobi’s proprietor, Leonel Costa, has been knowledgeable of the choice, and GWR will “gladly assess any new proof ought to we obtain any.”
McKinley stated the group has not but decided a brand new holder of the title.
Some consultants had beforehand expressed skepticism about Bobi’s claimed age.
“Not a single considered one of my veterinary colleagues consider Bobi was really 31 years previous,” Danny Chambers, a vet and council member of the Royal Faculty of Veterinary Surgeons, told The Guardian.
