The Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana,[a] usually known as the ENCI, is the national organisation responsible for the recognition, standardisation and registration of pedigree dogs in Italy.[1] It is sometimes called the Italian Kennel Club.[2]
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| Abbreviation | ENCI |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1882 |
| Founders | Carlo Borromeo Emilio Belgioioso d'Este Ferdinando Delor Carlo Biffi Luigi Radice |
| Location | |
Area served | Italy |
President | Dino Muto |
| Website | enci |
The association provides judging for dog shows and many other services relating to dog showing. The club was founded in 1882 as the Kennel Club Italiano.[3] It is a full member of the Fédération Cynologique Internationale.[4] In 1992 it received the approval of the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali, the Italian ministry of agriculture; it is the only organisation approved to register dog breeds.[5]: 7 It has offices in all regions of Italy, and a head office in Milan.[citation needed]
In 2009 there were approximately 160,000 dogs registered in the national stud book; the association organised about 2000 events, including about 1200 working trials and some 400 dog shows.[3] It gives special attention to the sixteen recognised breeds originating in Italy: the Bergamasco Shepherd, the Bolognese, the Bracco Italiano, the Cane Corso, the Cirneco dell'Etna, the Italian Greyhound, the Lagotto Romagnolo, the Maltese, the Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog, the Neapolitan Mastiff, the Segugio dell'Appennino, the short-haired and wire-haired Segugio Italiano, the Segugio Maremmano, the Spinone Italiano and the Volpino Italiano.[6]
Notes
edit- ^ meaning roughly "Italian national organisation for cynology".
References
edit- ^ U.Klever (1977). Il Cane. Roma: Edizioni Mediterranee. p. 29. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- ^ "Italian kennel Club". ENCI. Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ a b Cenni storici (in Italian). Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana. Archived 5 December 2021.
- ^ "FCI members and contract partners". Fédération Cynologique Internationale. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- ^ Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (30 December 1992). Enti selezionatori che tengono libri genealogici per gli animali riproduttori di razza pura appartenenti alle specie Apis mellifera, Cunicola, Avicola, Canina e Felina (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali: Decreto Legislativo 30 dicembre 1992, n. 529 – Attuazione della direttiva 91/174/CEE relativa alle condizioni zootecniche e genealogiche che disciplinano la commercializzazione degli animali di razza. Gazzetta Ufficiale, Serie Generale n. 7 del 11.01.1993, Supplemento Ordinario n. 5. Accessed January 2020.
- ^ Razze italiane (in Italian). Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana. Accessed July 2020.
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