The History of the Siberian Husky

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Racing across time and as pure as the snow is the Siberian Husky of Northeast Asia, the dog of the Chukchi people. These dogs hold more than 2000 years of history in their paws. As ancient as they are, where were the Siberian Huskies before this?The answer to this question and many others can be answered with one word, wolves (Genetic structure of the purebred domestic dog).
Just as humans have a family tree, so do dogs. Most if not all dogs heritage connects in some way back to the wolf. Then why are dogs domesticated, why are they best friend to man? Any wild animal can be tamed eventually through out the generations and the Chukchi people had learned that trick long ago. They became best friend to the Siberian Husky until someone got in the way, Russia. Russia tried to take over the home of the Chukchi people, Northeaster Asia, but found that the climate was much more dangerous than they though. So instead they forced the Chukchi people to open trade with them. Unknowingly they spread many diseases to the Chukchi people that they had no immunity to, many Chukchi people died. The...

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