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I took the trouble to back on the articles I wrote which included references to the two world canine feds. And they are a little confusing. First up, there is only one all-embracing international canine organisation worthy of its name and that is the FCI (World Canine Federation). Formed in 1911, FCI has 84 member countries and recognises 335 dog breeds. FCI also deals with dog sports and the world agility champs are staged under its name. But the FCI does not allow mixed bred dogs to participate.
In the 1990s the IFCS (International Federation of Canine Sports) was formed and has 16 country members including the USA. The IFCS also stages world agility champs - last year they were held in the Netherlands and a couple of friends of mine attended the champs which are open to both pure bred and mixed bred dogs.
So that's the two world organisations I was referring to. Several countries are members of both. There is one organisation called the FIC (Federation of International Canines) which recognises over 400 dog breeds.
NZ follows FCI as a member (among with such countries as Australia, Ireland, Mexico, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, South Africa, Italy, Russia etc, etc and recognises 335.
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