Norwegian ban on SW and CzW

[Tonje]

Dear Mr. Werner,
I see that you now are a member of the CSV-list, though your introduction of
yourself certainly was brief.

I find it highly commendable that you are a member of this list. Here you will
find many people with CSVs, and even Saarlos-owners and also, perhaps, will
find true verification of wolfdog properties (though of course such
verification may be subjective, but you don't seem to mind that when it comes
to your own beliefs, so I suppose that works both ways). It will probably also
save you the trouble of calling Per Olav a liar in writing in public (a great
advantage with closed lists, you can keep such things within "the family").

Just to help you along, so to speak, I can inform the other list members that
Mr. Werner finds CSVs and SWs very dangerous, too dangerous to be allowed in
Norway, as he has informed the authorities and explained on television. There
are several things he finds extremely worrying. Firstly that they are hybrids
(as defined by the Swedish Kennel Club) and, as we all know, hybrids are not
acceptable. Another is the CSVs' and SWs' extreme tendency to hunt, so
especially children will be in severe danger. Also he is worried that the
wolfdogs will threaten the wild wolves, as hybridisation is much more probable
with wolfdogs and furthermore offspring of wolves-wolfdogs have a much higher
survival rate than hybrids between wolves and other dog breeds. In fact he
suspects, as he has informed the authorities, that a certain wolf pack in
south eastern Norway, most probably are hybrids of SW and wolf, since there is
a SW owner who lives in the region. He bases his suspicion on that these
wolves behave like SWs (eg. killing sheep close to a village) and that they
are much more similar in appearance to SW-wolf hybrids than any other form of
hybrid.

If you care to respond to Mr. Werners points of concern, be aware that Mr.
Werner will not accept comparison to dog breeds he himself has no experience
with. So you can not compare with sighthounds(greyhounds, borzois etc.) or any
of the polar breeds, but should restrict yourselves to poodle, labrador, GSD
and rottweiler - perhaps you could stretch it to Riesens and other retrievers
as Mr. Werner is a rescue dog instructor, and therefore should have experience
with these breeds as well.

Even though Mr. Werner may not be a formal representative for the Norwegian
Rescue Dogs organisation in this issue, it should be noted that the
authorities have taken his letter of warning to them, very seriously as he has
not neglected to inform them that he is very experienced, has seen SWs and
CSVs in action and is a rescue dog instructor for the Norwegian Rescue Dogs
organisation.

Regards Tonje