Hungarian kennel club defunct?

[GalomyOak]

Today I received this message from the Puli club in the US, but I think it affects all dogs bred in Hungary after 15 May. Has anyone heard about it?

The Hungarian Kennel Club will be made
dysfunctional on May 15th by the Hungarian
government. Here is a brief synopsis:

István Siklósi
Lots of people abroad are asking us what has
happened in Hungary. I try to sum it up briefly:
13 years ago, a group of people left MEOE, and
started lobbying at the Agricultural Ministry.
They succeeded: dog breeding was drawn under
state direction, ”state approval” became
compulsory, and dogs were declared as farm
animals. That time, the ministry declared that
group of people as ”state approved”. Since that
time, we live in a parallel way: MEOE keeps the
stud books and organizes shows as part of the FCI
system, and the ”state approved” group has not
really done anything, but trying to get the FCI
rights from MEOE. They register only 2 breeds as
a ”state approved” organisation, it is not an FCI
registry, and they organize shows, which are not FCI shows.
In the meantime, the Constitutional Court decided
that dogs can not be considered as farm animals,
and that MEOE is a civil organisation, and as
such can not be governed by the state.
Now, the infringement law and its part about
breeding aminals has been modified. It says that
only ”state approved” organisations are allowed
to register and organize dog shows in Hungary. In
fact, MEOE can not do anyhting, otherwise it, its
board, and even its judges have to pay a penalty
of a very high amount. So, MEOE has not been
terminated directly, but it has benn made
dysfunctional. This modification will come into
effect on 15. May. Negotiations are going on,
MEOE will publish an official statement soon.
We are asking dog enthusiasts and kennel clubs
abroad to help and protest against this process
with the Minister, Dr. Sándor Fazekas at the
Hungarian Agricultural Ministry. Seeing the
international cooperation may make them
reconsider the effects of their decision.
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