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The FCI General Committee informs:
On July 20th, 2013 the Polish media reported a case of animal abuse involving a
breeder registered with the Polish national organisation (ZKwP). The report exposed
the shocking conditions in which many of the breeder’s dogs were kept. The dogs
were filthy and in poor health. The animals were removed by the authorities and
taken to an animal shelter for immediate care.
The FCI firmly restates its position against any cruelty towards animals: (http://www.fci.be/OfficialStatments/CrueltyToDogs.aspx)
The FCI firmly reiterates its mission statement and values:
The FCI is responsible for safeguarding canine health and international dog activities
to enhance the relations between dogs and humans.
- the FCI cares about all dogs worldwide.
- the FCI considers the health, temperament and behaviour as the most important matters
in dogs and their Breed Standards.
- the FCI promotes dog activities and dog sports worldwide, which it considers beneficial
to the dogs.
The FCI General Committee would like to remind that the FCI cannot take sanctions
against any breeder, since the breeders are members of a national canine organisation
and not of the FCI; breeders have no direct, official link to the FCI (the members
of the FCI are the national canine organisations, not the breeders). We consequently
urge our members, the national kennel clubs, to take actions in such important,
serious and unacceptable situations.
In this regard, further to our investigation with our member in Poland (ZKwP, the
Polish national organisation), please find their official release:
Statement from the Polish canine organisation (ZKwP)
A TV broadcast on 20 July 2013 (Saturday) by TVN and Polsat televisions showed the
intervention of the Police and Animal Emergency in Łomianki near Warsaw, where several
dozens of Yorkshire Terriers were found kept in shocking conditions. The intervention
resulted in the dogs being removed from the breeder’s premises.
Therefore, ZKwP (Polish Kennel Club) started immediately the investigation:
- on 23 July 2013 (Tuesday), the Committee of Management Board of ZKwP Warsaw Branch,
called a meeting under a special procedure to get the explanations provided by the
person concerned, who had come to the meeting on a voluntary basis. Mrs Katarzyna
S., after providing explanations, resigned in writing from her ZKwP membership;
- currently, the authorities of Warsaw Branch are continuing the intensive investigation
to establish all the circumstances of this complicated matter. We are waiting for
the reporting documentation from the intervention conducted by the Animal Emergency
with a detailed description of the situation of the dogs removed;
- simultaneously we are conducting an investigation within the ZKwP structures;
- the information about the results of the investigations will be announced immediately.
At the same time, the Board of Directors of Warsaw Branch would like to express
its indignation and absolute opposition to breeding dogs in such inhumane conditions,
which is illegal and beneath animals’ dignity.
In the name of the Main Board ZKwP,
Jan Gajewski
President of Polish Kennel Club
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