Context of Practice: Further research

Animals in folklore / popular culture

Hellhound - supernatural black dog from British folklore

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellhound A wide variety of ominous or hellish supernatural dogs occur in mythologies around the world. Features that have been attributed to hellhounds include mangled black fur, glowing red eyes, super strength and speed, ghostly or phantom characteristics, and a foul odor.

The Omen (1976) The Omen (2006)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Hunt The Wild Hunt is a European folk myth involving a ghostly or supernatural group of huntsmen passing in wild pursuit. ‘The huntsmen were black, huge, and hideous, and rode on black horses and on black he-goats, and their hounds were jet black, with eyes like saucers, and horrible.’

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dando%27s_dogs Dando's Dogs also known as the Devil's Dandy Dogs, are mythical creatures in English folklore. They are hounds that take part in the Wild Hunt. They are associated with Black Dogs, as a generic term for canine apparitions.

https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2017/07/economist-explains-9
Concern for animal welfare has been growing in parallel, indicated by an increase in animal hospitals, animal-rescue and adoption agencies and changing attitudes. Increasingly, animal-welfare concerns are coming into conflict with dog hunters and dog-meat eaters. Eventually they will probably snuff out the trade.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-43197494
US Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy has sparked a debate on social media after 'saving' a puppy from a South Korean dog meat farm.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170124-the-animals-we-have-mistakenly-thought-of-as-evil

animals associated with the night have long been targets of suspicion and hatred in many cultures.

Medieval literature and art is full of animal symbolism, says Brigitte Resl of the University of Hull. Nocturnal animals were inherently strange to people in those times.

"In pre-modern periods, nights were something much more scary than they became later on when they could be lit," she explains. "In those periods, the night was just dark."

Humans found it hard to explain how animals could navigate in such conditions.

It is not always obvious why such myths develop, but there are clear themes. "Evil" animals tend to be associated with behaviours and attributes that humans can find difficult to explain – and they have also been used as vehicles for commentary on what we see as our own failings.

Dog's relationship with humans
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23531450-500-why-do-we-have-such-a-close-relationship-with-animals/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-beast/200904/why-are-humans-and-dogs-so-good-living-together

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/29/secret-of-connection-between-dogs-and-humans-could-be-genetic

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9989-timeline-human-evolution/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-nottinghamshire-41686518/what-is-black-dog-syndrome

https://www.pets4homes.co.uk/pet-advice/handbag-dogs-why-you-should-never-see-your-pet-as-a-fashion-accessory.html

https://owlcation.com/humanities/Hounds-of-the-Underworld

https://godsandradicals.org/2016/11/07/cwn-annwn-and-the-passage-of-souls/

http://karlshuker.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/phantom-white-dogs-and-celtic-fairy.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles#Plot From that night on, he could be found leading the phantom pack across the moor, usually on the anniversary of his death. If the pack were not out hunting, they could be found ranging around his grave howling and shrieking.

https://www.britannica.com/art/Barghest Barghest, also spelled Barguest, orBargest, in folklore of northern England (especially Yorkshire), a monstrous, goblin dog, with huge teeth and claws, that appears only at night.

http://www.haunted-yorkshire.co.uk/blackdogs.htm

http://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/text/mcshane-arthurian-bestiary-introduction Creatures mythical and ordinary appear in medieval Arthurian literature. Knights fight dragons and wild boars; dogs reveal the true identities of their masters; and knights are not knights without their horses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigs_in_popular_culture#Films

http://www.reeldogs.com/dogs-of-horror/

https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/mgp3j8/how-200-dogs-were-trained-to-act-in-white-god Talking to Teresa Ann Miller, the main animal trainer behind Kornél Mundruczó's award-winning film, 'WHITE GOD.'

White God (2014)