Tarsus Çatalburun Breed of Turkish Hunting Dog (Turkish Pointer)

Year 2012, Issue: 2, 71 - 74, 01.10.2012

Y.z. Oğrak M. Uroševıć D. Drobnjak

Abstract

In its homeland, this kind of Turkish pointer dog is known as “Çatalburun” that means "fork-nose". This
dog is a rare hunting breed, closely associated with Tarsus province of the South Anatolian city of Mersin, but rarely
found elsewhere. As of today, it is estimated that their number is about 200. Tarsus Çatalburun has been neither
standardized nor recognized as a dog breed to this day. This dog breed is quite uniform in type and a valued local
partridge hunter. It is readily identified by its “split-nose”. Their owners prefer Tarsus Çatalburun dogs because they
are good hunter, intelligent, very loyal; have small body and good relations with people. The aim of this study was to
call attention to Tarsus Çatalburun dogs whose number is critically low in their homeland and to encourage and
increase the scientific researches involving these dogs that were addressed very few in scientific publications.

Keywords

Hunting Dog, Tarsus Çatalburun, Turkish Pointer

Tarsus Çatalburun Irkı Türk Av Köpeği (Türk Pointeri)

Abstract

Türk Pointerleri, kendi anayurtlarında “Çatalburun” olarak bilinirler. Bir güney Anadolu kenti olan Mersin’in Tarsus
ilçesinde daha yaygın olarak görebileceğimiz bu eşsiz av köpeklerine başka yerlerde rastlamak güçtür. Bu gün, ırk olarak kayıt
edilmemiş ve standartları belirlenmemiş bu köpeklerin, sayılarının 200 civarında olduğu tahmin edilmektedir. Birörnek yapılarıyla,
yerel keklik avcısı olan bu köpekler yarık burunları ile tanınırlar. Sahiplerinin Tarsus Çatalburunları tercih etmelerinin sebebi, çok
iyi bir avcı, zeki ve sadık olmaları; insanlarla ilişkilerinin iyi ve küçük bir bedene sahip olmalarıdır. Bu çalışma ile anayurtlarında
oldukça az sayıda yetiştirilen bu köpeklere dikkat çekmek ve bunlarla ilgili sınırlı sayıdaki yayınları artırmaya yönelik
araştırmacıları teşvik etmek amaçlanmıştır.

Keywords

Av Köpeği, Tarsus Çatalburun, Türk Pointeri

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