Bobi the canine has been posthumously stripped of his title as world’s oldest canine over a dispute about his actual age.
Guinness World Records (GWR) stated it had no proof that the elderly canine, who died final yr, was as old as claimed.
The organisation stated the microchip claimed to show Bobi’s age was not adequate proof to grant him the title, awarded in February final yr.
GWR stated it had not but decided which canine is the brand new file holder.
Bobi was a Rafeiro do Alentejo from Conqueiros, Portugal.
The breed usually lives for round 12-14 years. But when Bobi was awarded the award, it was claimed that he was 30 years old.
Bobi died in October 2023, on the reported age of 31 years and 165 days.
But GWR launched an investigation into the proof used to show the title final month, following doubts being raised over its reliability in proving Bobi’s age.
GWR stated: “We’re left with no conclusive proof which may definitively show Bobi’s date of beginning.
“Without any conclusive proof available to us proper now, we merely cannot retain Bobi because the file holder.”
Bobi’s proprietor, Leonel Costa, has not commented on the file’s removing, however had beforehand stated suspicions over the veracity of the canine’s age had been “unfounded”.
Last month, Danny Chambers of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons informed the Guardian that “not a single one” of his vet colleagues believed that the canine really lived to 31.
The earlier oldest canine ever was Australia’s Bluey, who died in 1939 on the age of 29 years and 5 months.
