The only animal life that he encountered on the island were a small mongrel dog and a female pig that was a bit thin from lack of food. |
This was a mongrel breed incorporating strains of Labrador, Greyhound, anything that could advance the genes of endurance and pulling power. |
He tossed his apple core to a grey mongrel dog that had been trailing him though he doubted very much that it would be appreciated. |
He walks his dog Jenny, an 11-year-old mongrel, past the river every day and saw the Environment Agency experts inspecting the dead fish. |
One of the more unusual recruits to the unit was Tramp, a mongrel dog found starving and very ill in a puddle under the yacht. |
If mongrel species represent genetic novelty and are stabilizing components of their ecosystems, are they not worth saving? |