Scottie dogs falling foul of fashion
WHAT’S A SONIC BOOM?
BY SAM GELDER THE future of the Scottish terrier is in doubt because it has fallen out of fashion.
The number of Scotties being registered has declined by 38 per cent in the past five years, according to figures from The Kennel Club.
The organisation has placed the breed on its “at watch” list after the number of puppy registrations last year fell 12 below its threshold of 450.
Dog owners have turned away from native British breeds in favour of trendier pooches such as the French Bulldog – now the UK’s most popular dog.
The bearded collie and the Irish wolfhound have been classed as vulnerable.
Til Tovey of the Scottish Terrier Club said: “Scotties are brimming with personality.” Construction worker Christopher Andrew took a long exposure shot of the night sky while on the Isle of Skye. But when he checked his results, he realised he had captured a “one in a million shot” of the spacecraft carrying Scots astronaut Dave Mackay. The image coincided with Dave, 61, from Helmsdale in Sutherland, telling mission control: “Welcome to space, Scotland” If an aircraft flies faster than the speed of sound, it breaks the sound barrier. As it does so, it produces a sonic boom, which is the noise of sound waves made by the plane in a virtual explosion. as the craft left Earth’s atmosphere on Friday.
His flight lifted off from Virgin Galactic’s test site in the Mojave desert in California at 2500mph.
Christopher, 34, from Invernes-shire, said of his remarkable image: “I was trying to take the Milky Way and I had set it for a 25-second