Norwegian proposal of banning FCI approved wolfdog breeds in
Hi everyone.
Today I phoned a Saarlos breeder who is living in one of the most wolf
inhabited areas of South Eastern part of Norway. He is proven a skilled
breeder and a defender of wolves and by that not well thought of by some of
the farmers in his area.
In his area an accident occurred last week. Tonje (pippen) wrote in her
mail of Mon, 2 Sep 2002 12:36:52 like this:
"Last week there was an episode where 18 sheep were mauled and killed by
wolves ("wolves or hybrids" as they said in one newspaper) quite close to
a village (along the road to the local
school). This has been intensely covered by mass media with an angle only
suited to severely frighten people. In addition it has been reported that
there will be a proposal for the implementation of sheepfree zones for
wolves, where farmers will not be encouraged to graze their sheep in summer."
The farmers addressed the Directorate for Nature Management claiming it was
no evidence that the sheep were attacked by wolves, they even might be
attacked and killed by wolf hybrids or wolfdogs. Thus the farmers
requested a ban on wolfdogs. The authority receiving the request assumed
wolf hybrid = wolfdog = illegal breed and implemented the farmers request
to the future proposal of a new common law regulating the keeping of dogs
in Norway.
My friend, the Saarlos breeder, will next Monday see the head of the
Directorate and inform him of the existence of the CSV and SW as FCI
approved breeds. We do cross our fingers :-)
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Per Olav
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