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'''The Kennel Club''' ("KC", also known as the Kennel Club, UK) is a [[kennel club]] based in [[London]], England. The club was founded on the 4th April, [[1873]]. | '''The Kennel Club''' ("KC", also known as the Kennel Club, UK) is a [[kennel club]] based in [[London]], England. The club was founded on the 4th April, [[1873]]. | ||
It the oldest of the world’s all-breed kennel clubs and one of the most prestigious. It is also the largest in the [[United Kingdom]]. It was the first official [[registry]] of [[purebred]] [[dogs]] in the world.<<!--need fact check--does tKC preceed the Fox Terrier Club registry?-->> | It the oldest of the world’s all-breed kennel clubs and one of the most prestigious. It is also the largest in the [[United Kingdom]]. It was the first official [[registry]] of [[purebred]] [[dogs]] in the world.<<!--need fact check--does tKC preceed the Fox Terrier Club registry?-->> | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.the-kennel-club.org.uk The Kennel Club site] | *[http://www.the-kennel-club.org.uk The Kennel Club site] | ||
Revision as of 03:24, 15 November 2007
The Kennel Club ("KC", also known as the Kennel Club, UK) is a kennel club based in London, England. The club was founded on the 4th April, 1873. It the oldest of the world’s all-breed kennel clubs and one of the most prestigious. It is also the largest in the United Kingdom. It was the first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.<>
The club’s signature event is the prestigious and world-famous Crufts dog conformation show, held annually since 1948, which attracts competitors from all over the world. It also holds the much-smaller Scruffts show for nonpurebred dogs.
Official groups
The Kennel Club divides dog breeds into 7 groups: