What is the national dog of Italy?

Answer 1

Sicily doesn't have dog mascotte. Cane corso is not from Sicily, cane corso is a recreation dog created in the sixties. There's not genetic difference between cane corso and mastino napoletano. They are the same dog. The corso is a recreation of the corso meridionale o presa meridionale a farm dog of southern Italy, only few survivors where left after the Second World War, in the Campania and Puglia regions. Many of this very protective dogs, guarding the farms of southern italy, were killed by germans and allied troops when they landed in Italy. This dogs were killed during the war cause the were not allowing anyone near farms and property, very few probably less than 10 were left after the war. The survivors were mixed with mastino napoletano and boxers and others to save them from extinction, that is the cane corso of today. the national animal of italy is a wolf .the lupus italicus Italian national dog is the wolf not the cane corso that is the Lupus Italicus. it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis_lupus_italicus

Answer 2

Neopolitan Mastiff is the national dog of Italy & the cane corso is the national dog of Sicily, both beautiful dogs