[Per Olav]

Hi Sophy

By an amendment to the new Norwegian "Dog law" the CSV is banned in Norway. The ban is mainly a result of the influence of a small group of individuals whose children have been killed or severe injured by GSD, GSD-mixes and a sledge dog. As a result of their loss these individuals were invited as a group by the Minister of Justice to express their opinion. These people whose homepage frequently is used by Norwegain media are collecting any negative information regarding dogs and dog behaviour. In addition to that the Norwegian society of a "new enviromental order", are expressing the wolf as an unwanted carnivore in Norway. The society has expressed its concern regarding introducing wolf hybrids into the Norwegian fauna, and has in media introduced the CSV and the SW as camouflaged hybrids.especially dangerous to children.

One of our main Norwegian opponents has been very active in desinforming the Ministry and public by using our National Television System and papers about our breed. He also has been acting as an advisor for those individuals mentioned above and is on his own homesite publishing desinformative articles and manipulating exerpts of articles. His main sources are found on wolfdog.org and postings on this forum..

There is a slight possibility that the Norwegian ban may be changed by the election next year. Our opponents are therefore collecting as much negative information as possible, and if no such information is at hand, you just cut'n paste ....