breed reported in geographic location ISTRIAN WIRE-HAIRED HOUND, Croatia (Dog) https://www.fao.org/dad-is ISTARSKI GONIČ OÅ TRE DLAKE The breed descends from the √¢‚Ǩ≈ìEast Adriatic white hound with markings√¢‚Ǩ¬ù. The hair is wire-haired due to the climate, where the breed was bred. These are mountain areas at the east Adriatic coast, where temperatures are low. The earliest description of the wire-haired Istrian Hound can be found in the manuscript of the Dakovoe Bishop Petar Bakic from the year 1719, where it says that the breeding of this breed was already known before the 14th century. The earliest picture document of this breed can be found in the cathedral of the Evangelist Markus in Makarska. The FCI published the first standard for the Istrian WireHaired Hound on the 6th of April 1955. VBO:0008047 The concept of “breed reported in geographic location by FAO National Coordinators” is unique to DAD-IS (https://www.fao.org/dad-is/en/). This VBO term should therefore be used specifically for the breed conforming to this concept. ISTRIAN WIRE-HAIRED HOUND Dog breed Sabrina Toro