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Dharkwolf · 10-11-2005, 20:57

First of all welcome Samatha! It's always good to see a fly hopping off the wall and coming in to join us.

Secondly - people have written to DEFRA in the past (most notably Paul from the Masai Rottveiler Rescue) and they have certainly gotten answers to their comments. Some of the things which DEFRA has said in their letters:

- The ban in the UK is linked to a large extent to the Swedish and Norwegian ban.

- Pet passports are not considered proof that a CSW is not a wolf (personally I would challenge that but lets drop it for now)

- The wolfblood content of the CSW is a problem. There is the opinion of an expert (from the London Zoo) that any animal with more than 1% wolfblood is likely to be dangerous - contrast that to the roughly 7% of German Shepherds...

- There was a public consultaion on this issue in 2004 - no wolfdog owners responded during this time therefore DEFRA concluded that there was no issue here - basically we missed the right time to protest.

There is a lot more information, somewhere I even have the name of the chap who deals with this issue - Let me know if you are interested and I will see if it can be dug up.

Also you may be interested in contacting masairotts who was very active in this area earlier in the year.

Good luck with anything else which you may like to do. If you really are interested in getting things off the ground, let me know.

J.

10-11-2005, 20:57	#10
Dharkwolf Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Brussels Posts: 201	First of all welcome Samatha! It's always good to see a fly hopping off the wall and coming in to join us. Secondly - people have written to DEFRA in the past (most notably Paul from the Masai Rottveiler Rescue) and they have certainly gotten answers to their comments. Some of the things which DEFRA has said in their letters: - The ban in the UK is linked to a large extent to the Swedish and Norwegian ban. - Pet passports are not considered proof that a CSW is not a wolf (personally I would challenge that but lets drop it for now) - The wolfblood content of the CSW is a problem. There is the opinion of an expert (from the London Zoo) that any animal with more than 1% wolfblood is likely to be dangerous - contrast that to the roughly 7% of German Shepherds... - There was a public consultaion on this issue in 2004 - no wolfdog owners responded during this time therefore DEFRA concluded that there was no issue here - basically we missed the right time to protest. There is a lot more information, somewhere I even have the name of the chap who deals with this issue - Let me know if you are interested and I will see if it can be dug up. Also you may be interested in contacting masairotts who was very active in this area earlier in the year. Good luck with anything else which you may like to do. If you really are interested in getting things off the ground, let me know. J.