Editing Lurcher (section)

== Description ==
A lurcher is a [[Dog crossbreed|cross]], generally between a sighthound and a working dog breed. Generally, the aim of the cross is to produce a sighthound with more intelligence, a canny animal suitable for poaching rabbits, hares, and game birds. Over time, poachers and hunters discovered that the crossing of certain breeds with sighthounds produced a dog better suited to this purpose, given the lurcher's combination of speed and intelligence.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Plummer |first=David Brian |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15674881 |title=The Complete Lurcher : a manual |date=1979 |publisher=[[Boydell Press]] |isbn=0-85115-118-3 |location=Woodbridge, Suffolk, Eng. |oclc=15674881}}</ref> In more recent times, the crossing of different sighthound breeds with each other (e.g. A [[greyhound]] with a [[saluki]]) has become more common. These dogs were traditionally called [[Longdog|longdogs]] but these days "lurcher" is applied to them as well.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why Lurchers Make Great Pets |url=https://www.gspca.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/GSPCA-Why-Lurchers-Make-Great-Pets-1.pdf |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=Galway SPCA |language=en}}</ref>