Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana

The Italian Kennel Club,[1] Italian: Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana, usually known as ENCI, is the national organisation responsible for dog pedigree registration services in Italy.[2]

Italian Kennel Club
Ente nazionale cinofilia italiana
AbbreviationENCI
Formation1882
FoundersCarlo Borromeo
Emilio Belgioioso d'Este
Ferdinando Delor
Carlo Biffi
Luigi Radice
Location
Area served
Italy
President
Dino Muto
Websiteenci.it

The association provides judging for dog shows and many other services relating to dog showing. The club was founded in 1882[3] and is a full member of the world canine organisation, Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI)[4]. It received approval from the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali, the Italian ministry of agriculture, in 1992, and is the only organisation approved to register dog breeds.[5]:7 The head office is located in Milan and it has offices in all regions of Italy.

In 2009 the association had more than 160,000 dogs listed in its stud books and organised about 400 shows. It gives special attention to the 14 recognised breeds originating in Italy, i.e. the Bergamasco Shepherd, Bolognese, Bracco Italiano, Cane Corso, Cirneco dell'Etna, Italian Greyhound, Lagotto Romagnolo, Maltese, Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog, Neapolitan Mastiff, short-haired and wire-haired Segugio Italiano, Spinone Italiano, Volpino Italiano.[6]

References
  1. "Italian kennel Club". ENCI. Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  2. U.Klever (1977). Il Cane. Roma: Edizioni Mediterranee. p. 29. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  3. "A short history about ENCI". ENCI. Archived from the original on 2010-11-22. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  4. "FCI members and contract partners". Fédération Cynologique Internationale. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  5. Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (30 December 1992). Enti selezionatori che tengono libri genealogici per gli animali riproduttori di razza pura appartenenti alle specie Apis mellifera, Cunicola, Avicola, Canina e Felina (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali: Decreto Legislativo 30 dicembre 1992, n. 529 – Attuazione della direttiva 91/174/CEE relativa alle condizioni zootecniche e genealogiche che disciplinano la commercializzazione degli animali di razza. Gazzetta Ufficiale, Serie Generale n. 7 del 11.01.1993, Supplemento Ordinario n. 5. Accessed January 2020.
  6. "Italian Breeds". ENCI. Archived from the original on 2010-12-26. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
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