article_snippet: The world of dog breeding was rocked by scandal last night amid allegations that a prize-winner at Crufts Crufts was deliberately poisoned.
article_snippet: There has been controversy over the increasing number of foreign dogs allowed to compete at Crufts, which attracts more than 20,000 entries from 200 breeds.
article_snippet: Crufts is a high-profile event and we live in a very anti-dog society.'
article_snippet: The holding area where dogs are 'benched' before and after competing is open to the public, although dogs are asked not to touch the animals.
article_snippet: We have had so many calls [from other breeders who were at the world's most famous dog show]... everybody has been pulling together and offering support.'
article_snippet: Mrs Milligan-Bott, whose setters were named Thendara after her kennels, which has a worldwide reputation for breeding champion show dogs, added: 'It's turning into such a nasty sport.
article_snippet: How people can resort to killing a helpless animal from jealousy or hate for a dog in a competition is too much to comprehend.
article_snippet: – don't go and kill a dog in a competition.