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UK News

The background to the Inquiry was a showing by the BBC on 19 August 2008 of a television documentary
called Pedigree Dogs Exposed. It was a hard-hitting piece of journalism written and directed by Jemima Harrison. It was aimed at those breeders of pedigree dogs who had ignored the adverse effects of inbreeding and particularly those who were breeding for extreme conformations. The United Kingdom’s premiere dog club, the Kennel Club, felt that it had been unfairly treated and complained to OfCom, the regulator of the UK Communications industry. At the time of writing, this dispute has not been settled.
Nevertheless, the BBC pulled out of its long-standing arrangement to televise Crufts dog show. Moreover, the public reaction was such that Dogs Trust, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals and the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals ended their support; and Pedigree Petfoods and Hills Pet Nutrition cancelled their sponsorship of the show. The Associate Parliamentary Group on Animal Welfare (APGAW) announced that it would hold hearings on the breeding of pedigree dogs. At the same time the Kennel Club combined forces with a leading dog charity, Dogs Trust, and announced an independent Inquiry into the breeding of all dogs.
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Database under attack "2"

Some breeders have tried to have the database been pulled down by the provider.

With lies, sent to the provider, they did their best to destroy what only can be seen as good for the breed.

I like to give you some quotes from emails that have to do about this subject.

A complaint sent to the provider of the Health database:

"I would like to advise you that Henny van den Berg has published confidential
medical information about my champion Griffon Bruxellois dog without my knowledge or consent."

First of all health information was sent to the administrator by the breeders of the dogs themselves. But what give you really something to think about is the fact that this so called "confidential information" is online to see on these complainers own club site?? How confidential is something if it has been online already for over a year ?

http://www.griffonclub.com/list-of-mrid-griffons.asp

A quote from the email sent by the provider to the complainers:

"Note: the actual primary request is a bit absurd since the same information is freely available at other sites, from which atleast one seems to be co-owned / administrated by yourself."


Let's hope from now on we can spend our time on something positive instead of all these nonsense.

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