For lack of any other conceivable answer, one possible explanation, not an excuse for this denial could be some residual belief that disability and suffering are simply the price of nobility. Noblesse oblige isn’t cheap, and has been around a lot longer than modern science or DNA studies. The same strange reasoning behind breed-specific rescue, where paupers are restored their rightful thrones because . . . well, because they’re princes born deserving special treatment, says dogs must uphold their undershot jaws and bear their heavy armor as worthy ladies and gentlemen must also perform the duties of their social class ...