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Dear Members /Associate Members/Contract Partners,

As some shoddy clubs, imitating names resembling our club have come up in Pakistan, I want to remove any confusion that might exist vis-a-vis which club in Pakistan is FCI Member. The Kennel Club of Pakistan was established in 1947 and is Full Member of FCI. We follow strict registration regime which includes mandatory microchipping and litter inspection. Every year, at an average eight to twelve foreign judges come to judge our Shows. In the last few years, some owners, who were either dog dealers or commercial breeders, thought that strict registrations procedure and control was not favorable for their business so parted ways and made their own clubs. To fool casual dog owners and foreigner judges, they have given names to their clubs similar to our club like “Pakistan Kennel Club", Pakistan Kennel Union" and " Canine Union of Pakistan ". None of these Clubs have any international recognition or reciprocal arrangements with any foreign Club. On the other hand we I.e., THE KENNEL CLUB OF PAKISTAN, is full FCI Member and also has reciprocal arrangements with British Kennel Club, American Kennel Club and Canadian Kennel Club. Many foreign judges getting confused in the names, have accepted invitations to judge the shows of these clubs and their national clubs have given permission to judge. 

This confusion put the foreign judges and foreign national clubs in embarrassing situation later. Judging the shows of these clubs by FCI foreign judges tantamount to encourage dissident clubs of FCI Member club in a country and also encouraging breeding or dogs with dubious pedigrees.

Some owners, who have mediocre quality dogs or have dubious Pedigrees, enter their dogs in such shows and due to lack of competition, win and later sell these dogs, or their progeny, waving winning certificates and grading given by FCI judges. This is resulting in the production of mediocre dogs.

I would like to caution all fellow FCI clubs that the FCI Member club in Pakistan is only " THE KENNEL CLUB OF PAKISTAN".

Thank you for your cooperation.
Yours
Colonel Kenneth M. Roy
President
Kennel Club of Pakistan