Hello and welcome. Today we will check at the only dog, in the world that is capable of killing a lion.It may seem like Irony, How can a single dog manage to kill a lion? Your thought is as good as mine. But after research, I discovered there is a breed of dogs, that can kill a lion. This breed is called Rhodesian ridgeback.
The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a large size dog breed bred in the Southern Africa region. Its forebears can be traced to the ridged hunting and guarding dogs of the Khoikhoi clans, which were crossed with European dogs by the early colonists of the Cape Colony of southern Africa.
The Rhodesian Ridgeback was bred to defend livestock from lions. Southern Africans, once called Rhodesia by the Dutch Colonizers (invaders), was a place the Dutch wanted to raise cattle and sheep. But they had a problem with African Lions raiding their herds and flocks.
So they did what Live Stock owners everywhere do, they looked to dogs for protection and herding. The Dutch “Afrikaners” as they were called, took a native African cattle herding dog and crossbred this dog with well known dog breeds such as they Grey Hound, the Great Dane, and the Blood Hound.
The result was the Rhodesian Ridgeback, so called because of the backwards facing stripe of hair along the spine. The Ridgeback is also known as a Lion Dog. Because it is believed, it can kill a lion.
The Ridgeback is a very brave, loyal and tough dog and very pack oriented. When grouped together in a pack, (3 or more dogs) they have been known to fight off lions that are stalking a herd or a home.
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