Notice to all Members

The Council, at its meeting of 21and 22 February 2009, decided unanimously to introduced the following sanctions against the Kennel Union of South Africa (KUSA) with immediate effect:

1.      All Federation members are prohibited from serving on the committee of a KUSA affiliated club that promotes German Shepherd Dog (GSD) breed activities within the KUSA.

2.      All Federation members are prohibited from serving as officials of specifically the KUSA affiliated Apollo and Rotek clubs.

3.      All Federation office bearers are prohibited from entering KUSA GSD breed events.

4.      All Federation office bearers are prohibited from judging or officiating in KUSA GSD breed events.

The Council also unanimously endorsed the following decision of the National Breed Committee, to be effective immediately:

Change Breed Ordinance:

Change Par 2.1.2

Par 2.1.2 The breeder and the stud dog owner have an equal obligation to observe the Breed Ordinance. To this end

a) the breeder must know that the bitch to be used meets the requirements for breeding and

b) the owner of the stud dog has to establish before the mating that the bitch is suitable for breeding and that the resulting litter will be registered by the Federation or an organization within which the requirements for registration comply with the requirements set by the Federation. In this regard it is specifically noted that the breeding and registering of German Shepherd Dogs in the Kennel Union of Southern Africa does not comply with the requirements set by the Federation.

Note: This means inter alia that male dogs owned by Federation members may not be mated to bitches if the resultant litter will be registered with the KUSA.

Please note:

1.      Federation members who do not hold office or a position within the Federation are not prohibited from entering any KUSA event.

2.      Office bearers include tattooists, helpers, club committee members, judges or any member appointed or elected to any special function within the Federation.

3.      There are no sanctions imposed on non-GSD related events.

4.      There are no sanctions imposed on KUSA IPO or training events.

5.      Breed events are events and activities described in the Breed and Show ordinances of the Federation.

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