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社団法人 ジャパンケネルクラブ 理事長・永村 武美

Takemi NAGAMURA, President,Japan Kennel ClubIn the UK, people have a consciousness of theirstandards for that respective breed. As many breeds

nation being a leader. For instance, they call their dogof dog are native to the UK, including the bulldog, theorganization “The Kennel Club”, while here in Japan we

FCI has accepted the modified standards. At the samecall ours “The Japan Kennel Club”. In a broadcast fromtime, it has appealed to dog show judges not to give tootwo years ago in January, the BBC criticized certain

much attention to certain exaggerated body featuresrules within the Club’s standards that can be judged

when they are making their assessments. So, overall,

as tantamount to animal abuse. One typical example

there is a movement in judging for considering overall

related to bulldogs which, in most cases, are unablecanine health and giving the top marks to the healthiest

to give birth naturally. A Cesarean section needs to beindividuals. So we are now, at least, in an era in which

performed in order to deliver the puppies. The BBC

our work as a kennel club is no longer limited tocriticized this practice as animal abuse.

checking that dogs are of pure stock, improving breeds,and issuing pedigree certificates.

As you may know, the world’s largest dog show, Crufts,
is organized by the Kennel Club. The show is held in

It is against this background that I am chairing today’

March every year. Being a very traditional and high-s workshop. In this booklet, it states that Prof. Ohta ofcaliber dog show, there is always some prince or otherAzabu University is scheduled to deliver a talk at today’s

member of the Royal Family in attendance. However,workshop. However, as Prof. Ohta is unavailable today,in the wake of the BBC’s broadcast, the Royal FamilyProf. Uchiyama, also of Azabu University, has kindly

has let it be known that none of its members will beagreed to talk to us in his place. After Prof. Uchiyama’attending Crufts in the future. The Kennel Club alsos talk, there will be two other speakers, namely, Prof.

suffered other set-backs including the withdrawal of

Hayashi of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Mr.

several pet food makers from their sponsorship ofIshiyama, the Vice President of Mars Japan Limited,

Crufts.

which is sponsoring this conference. These speakers
will provide us with today’s topics.

The Club took the criticism about its dog breed
standards sometimes amounting to animal abuse very

We are allocating 30 or 40 minutes for each speaker

seriously. It decided to make changes to the standards

to deliver their talks and then we will move on to freein the interests of breeding healthier dogs. As a result,discussion plus a Q&A session, which will take up thewith considerable effort, the club has made significant

final hour. I would like to take this opportunity to thankmodifications relating to nearly 20 dog breeds.

everybody in advance for your cooperation. So, Prof.
Uchiyama, please start your talk.

On the other hand, The FCI (Fédération CynologiqueInternationale: the world’s largest international canineorganization, with over 80 member countries) holds
standards for some 350 breeds. The FCI has decided
that the country of origin for each breed should set the2nd Live Love Animals International Conference on Animal Care in Kobe 2012229