The threat to Tibetan mastiffs wasn't due only to commercial breeding. In actuality, it was representative of the erosion of the ecology and in traditional ways of life. After all, in a time when the wolves, snow leopards, and brown bears of the plateau have all disappeared without a trace, how could the giant mastiffs even have a chance?
藏獒危機不止來自於商業混種，其實更代表了一種原始生態與古老生活方式的消逝──畢竟，當高原上的狼群、雪豹和棕熊都已消失時，巨型獒犬既無用武之地，又如何能不退化呢？