Scientists Discover Askals May Be the Ancestors of All Dogs We Know TodayScientists Discover Askals May Be the Ancestors of All Dogs We Know Today
Village dogs—that’s how scientists called askals in their study: unpedigreed, indigenous dogs living with humans in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Askal, short for asong kalye or street dog, is the term for native dogs in the Philippines. But in recent years, animal rights groups have pushed for the use of the word aspin (short for asong Pinoy) instead of askal.
