CLAIMS by US websites about a supposed rare Malaysian canine breed, known as the Telomian, are a fallacy designed simply to boost profits of the breeders, the Malaysian Kennel Association (MKA) has said.

“The Telomian Malaysian dog is a myth by some Americans after profit. There is no such breed, it is just a pariah dog,” MKA president Gopi Krishnan told The Malaysian Insight.