Bobi? Guinness will be "very happy to assess any new evidence"
After the title of the world's oldest dog was taken away, the owner of the Portuguese rafeiro claims that there is new laboratory evidence as proof and reveals that he will take the case to court.
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After the owner of Bobi – the Portuguese dog who was considered the oldest in the world and saw the title taken away from him in February – presented laboratory evidence that proves it, Guinness World Records stated that it will be "happy to assess any new evidence" if it receives it.
"Of course, as with any record, we would be happy to assess any new evidence if it is received", stated the institution, in response to a request for clarification from Notícias ao Minuto.
The animal, who was born in the village of Conqueiros, in Leiria, died on 21 October at 31 years old and would have gone down in history and broken a record registered in Guinness for having been considered the oldest dog in the world.
However, after several doubts, Bobi lost the title in February, since the entity said it "did not have the necessary evidence to support the claim of Bobi as the record holder".
At the end of last week, Leonel Costa revealed, in an interview with TVI, that "saliva and blood tests were carried out and they are very clear", since they "prove that Bobi, at the time of these tests, was 31 years old".
According to the report, this data has already been transmitted to Guinness and, due to the lack of response, Leonel Costa said that he will take the case to court.
In this sense, Notícias ao Minuto asked if the entity had already been informed of the legal action, but the Guinness spokesperson did not comment.
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