Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana

Italian dog association

Milano

Area served

Italy

President

Dino MutoWebsiteenci.it

The Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana,^[a] usually known as the ENCI, is the national organisation responsible for the recognition, standardisation and registration of pedigree dogs in Italy.^[1] It is sometimes called the Italian Kennel Club.^[2]

The association provides judging for dog shows and many other services relating to dog showing. The club was founded in 1882 as the Kennel Club Italiano.^[3] It is a full member of the Fédération Cynologique Internationale.^[4] In 1992 it received the approval of the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali, the Italian ministry of agriculture; it is the only organisation approved to register dog breeds.^[5]^: 7 It has offices in all regions of Italy, and a head office in Milan.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009 there were approximately 160,000 dogs registered in the national stud book; the association organised about 2000 events, including about 1200 working trials and some 400 dog shows.^[3] It gives special attention to the sixteen recognised breeds originating in Italy: the Bergamasco Shepherd, the Bolognese, the Bracco Italiano, the Cane Corso, the Cirneco dell'Etna, the Italian Greyhound, the Lagotto Romagnolo, the Maltese, the Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog, the Neapolitan Mastiff, the Segugio dell'Appennino, the short-haired and wire-haired Segugio Italiano, the Segugio Maremmano, the Spinone Italiano and the Volpino Italiano.^[6]

Notes

^ meaning roughly "Italian national organisation for cynology".

References

^ U.Klever (1977). Il Cane. Roma: Edizioni Mediterranee. p. 29. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
^ "Italian kennel Club". ENCI. Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b Cenni storici (in Italian). Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana. Archived 5 December 2021.
^ "FCI members and contract partners". Fédération Cynologique Internationale. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
^ 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.
^ Razze italiane (in Italian). Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana. Accessed July 2020.