The Guinness World Records (GWR) declared on Tuesday that Bobi, the oldest dog in the world, has been placed under formal review and that its titles have been suspended pending the outcome.
A representative, Amanda Marcus, said in a statement on Tuesday that “a formal review into the oldest dog record is taking place, which involves GWR reviewing evidence we have on file, seeking new evidence, and reaching out to experts and those linked to the original application.”
The study was started because, according to NBC News, doctors had doubts about the age of the Portuguese dog who had held the distinction and was purportedly 31 years old when he passed away last year.
Veterinarians questioned Bobi’s title revealed after the canine was declared the oldest dog ever and the oldest living dog in the world last February.
According to an investigation conducted by Wired magazine last month, Bobi was listed as born in 1992 in Portugal’s pet database, but there was “no registration or data that can confirm or deny this statement” in it.
The dog’s mother lived to be eighteen, and Bobi’s terminal age of thirty-one would have been unthinkable in a different era, according to a May statement from his owner Leonel Costa.
“An elite within the veterinary world… tried to give people the idea that Bobi’s life story was not true,” Costa added in a statement.
He thought the outcry resulted from his claim that Bobi’s long life was caused by a human diet, as opposed to pet food, which is not advised by vets.Costa stated, “Everything would be different if we had said he ate pet food for three decades,” and added that all of the requirements GWR had set forth to certify Bobi’s age had been satisfied.
