The Portuguese Alando Mastiff, ‘Bobi,’ who was certified by Guinness World Records as ‘the world’s oldest dog,’ passed away in October last year at the reported age of 31.
However, suspicions of age falsification have recently emerged.
According to reports by Reuters and others, after Guinness World Records launched an investigation, Mark McKinley, director of Guinness World Records, stated that there was insufficient evidence to verify Bobi’s actual age and officially revoked his title on the 22nd.
McKinley noted that Guinness World Records typically requires at least two witness statements, subject expert opinions, as well as photographic and video evidence.
Sometimes chip registration data is also evaluated. Since Portugal did not mandate the registration of dogs born before 2008 until October 2020, and Bobi’s chip data was not registered in the Portuguese government’s pet database until 2022, there is no evidence to confirm his date of birth.
Bobi’s owner, Leonel Costa, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Guinness World Records has yet to determine a new record holder. The previous longest-lived dog was Bluey, a shepherd from Australia, who died in 1939 at the age of 29 years and 5 months.
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