Mary Allen
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ka "ʻīlio pulupulu". ʻAʻohe mea kupanaha. No ka mea, ua wehewehe nui ia i ka waho o ka pōpō hulu aloha. He keʻokeʻo ka hulu o ka Coton de Tuléar a me ka huluhulu e like me ke ʻano holoholona. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ia he mea pāʻani ka ʻīlio! ʻO ka hoa ola ʻehā wāwae e hoʻoulu ai i ka manaʻo e like me ka ʻīlio hoa ola. ʻOi aku ma ke ʻano he makua hoʻokahi a ʻeleʻele paha e ʻike ʻoe i kahi hoa noho maikaʻi i ka holoholona ʻālohilohi.
#1 Lawe ʻia ka inoa o ka Coton de Tuléar mai ke kūlanakauhale awa ʻo Malagasy o Tuléar.
Eia naʻe, ʻo nā aliʻi Farani a me nā poʻe ʻoihana i ka wā colonial ua hoʻopiʻi kūʻokoʻa i ke kanaka liʻiliʻi maikaʻi: ua haʻi lākou iā ia he "ʻano aliʻi", mālama iā ia ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio ʻīlio, a pāpā i nā kamaʻāina a me nā kamaʻāina maʻamau ke kuleana iā ia. No laila ua manaʻo ʻia ka ʻīlio i ka Palani e ka puke stud. Eia naʻe, aneane ʻike ʻole ʻia ka Coton de Tuléar ma ʻEulopa a hiki i ka makahiki 1970. Ua loaʻa kahi ʻano maʻamau mai ka makahiki 1970.
