okie dokie I also have something to show, a friend of my wrote a very very well worded email about a week or two ago, the original:
Mr. Adams,
I am contacting you at the suggestion of the Defra website. I have been
studying the keeping of wild animals as pets and have found the
legislation on the subject somewhat confusing, particularly where a
certain breed of dog is concerned.
The breed in question is called the Ceskoslovensky Vlcak, or
Czechoslovakian Wolf Dog. This breed was founded in 1955 by crossing
German Shepard Dogs to Carpathian Wolves. The final out cross of the
breed to a Wolf was made in 1983.
Would this breed, which has not seen new wolf blood in 22 years still
considered a Wolf-Hybrid, or would you class it as a domestic dog?
Thanks,
Kelly
Reply!:
Dear Mrs Kelly
Thank you for your e-mail I apologise for the delay in replying.
The Dangerous Wild Animals Act regulates the keeping of certain kinds of
dangerous wild animals. The Act aims to ensure that where private
individuals keep dangerous wild animals they do so in circumstances
which create no risk to the public and safeguard the welfare of the
animals. It does not prohibit keeping of such animals entirely but
requires such keeping to be licensed.
In answer to your query about the Czechoslovakian Wolf Dog, all species
of the family Canidae are covered by the Act unless they are
specifically excepted such as Canis familiaris, the domestic dog. In
Defra's opinion, any generation of wolf-dog "hybrid" with wolf in its
ancestry falls within Canidae but cannot be classified as Canis
familiaris, the domestic dog, and therefore continues to be covered by
the Act. Licensing and enforcement relating to this Act is a matter for
the relevant local authority, so each local authority is able to decide
if it wishes to consider animals as domestic dogs if perhaps they are
many generations removed from the wild species and essentially
indistinguishable from a domestic dog. Please note that the Act refers
to "species" rather than "breeds", so it is the species which should be
considered in interpreting the Act.
If you are keeping wolf-dog hybrids of any generation then I recommend
you contact your local authority to see whether it considers that the
animals concerned should be licensed. Otherwise you could leave yourself
open to possible commission of an offence.
You may be interested to know that we have been reviewing the Act and a
consultation paper proposing various amendments to the Act was published
earlier this year (a copy can be found at
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/co...-two/index.htm). This
included amendments to species listed on the Act's Schedule, developed
with advice from a panel of experts. However, the consultation proposals
did not put forward any plans to change the Schedule in respect of wolf
hybrids. The consultation period has now closed and we are underway on
developing advice to Ministers on the next steps. However, you are
welcome to submit information on wolf-dog hybrids if you would like it
to be taken into account.
Any help?
Kelly also wants to help
shes asking to rally information and support,
"KitsufoxINC: In fact, if you want to lobby them for iinformation for me to send in my reply, I'm happy to help support a responibly created wolf-blooded dog breed and help to ensure that they're never unfairly prosecuted with the leagle system."
her email is
[email protected]