Cruella de Vil appears during the Halloween Party. From the unsubtle symbolic name to her hideous physical appearance, Cruella's evil is overt. In 2002, "Forbes" ranked Cruella as the thirteenth wealthiest fiction character, citing the single 65-year-old has a net worth of $875 million, obtained through inheritance. Cruella was listed as the 39th greatest villain in American cinema in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains. Also, in Ultimate Disney's Top 30 Disney Villains Countdown, Cruella ranked #6. Glenn Close portrayed Cruella de Vil in the 1996 film "101 Dalmatians" and its 2000 sequel "102 Dalmatians". The film reinvented Cruella as the vindictive,
Breed club (dog) research on breed-specific health issues. Breed clubs for agricultural stock breeds became popular social clubs in England in the late 18th century and early 19th century. The first breed club for chickens, for example, was formed in 1815 as an elite and expensive activity. By the mid-19th century, dog shows were becoming a pastime in Victorian England, and the bulldog was a popular pet. In order to make the bulldog breed smaller and more gentle, crossbreeding with pugs and other types of dogs was being done, leading to the formation of the first breed club, the Bulldog Club, in 1864,