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Originally Posted by Michael Romanos
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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Ok, the US as a whole is not a "member country". There is one kennel club that holds international shows and they are a memeber of the IFCS. The whole country is not involved with this nor are the two major registerys in the US. (The AKC and the UKC.)
I can see where the US might be listed as a "member country" but the US is not involved like other countries are in these orginizations. In other countries, European countries for instance these orginizations have governing rules/laws for breeding, docking, cropping, etc. The US does not follow those rules/laws/guidelines. The US follows only laws made by the states or the federal government.
The AKC and UKC decide on their own which breeds they recognize. I belive at this time the UKC recognizes some breeds the AKC doesn't but not as many breeds total as the AKC does.
The international orginizations have very little influence with dog sports, activities and laws in the US.
Peggy