Fédération Cynologique Internationale

Fédération Cynologique Internationale
Abbreviation	FCI
Formation	1911
Legal status	Active
Location	Thuin, Belgium;
Official language	Many languages
Website	http://www.fci.be/

The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI, World Canine Organisation) is an association of kennel clubs. It is based in Thuin, Belgium.

It has 84 members and contract partners (one member per country) that each issue their own pedigrees (rules about how each type of dog should look) and train their own judges. The FCI makes sure that the pedigrees and judges are of one FCI member are recognised by all other FCI members.

Other websites

World Canine Organisation, in English Archived 2006-12-18 at the Wayback Machine

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