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However, at this point we would like to agree with Burchard's proposal as follows:.. "It is

permissible at any time to create a new breed by establishing a standard and registering it
through a competent national organisation affiliated to the FCI. ... Such an identification
has been made on various occasions by advocates of both offspring breeds, mostly out of pure
ignorance, but also occasionally for reasons of interest politics and despite better knowledge.

For me, the latter is considered "deliberately misleading the (breeding) public" and should, in
my opinion, be vigorously combated by the breeding organisation. Quite apart from the
unpleasant aspects of interest politics, such confusion leads to breeding decisions that are
detrimental to the breed in question."

The "Sloughi" and "Saluki" breeds bred according to the FCI standard are based on an
artificial selection of their representatives according to a standard. These representatives
should correspond to the characteristics they should have according to the standard.
Even after generations of breeding according to other ideas. Mixed ancestors remain
mixed ancestors.

Breeding is not artificial in the Sloughi as it is based on Tunisian, Algerian and Moroccan
Sloughis, if they are mainly not line bred. An ecological landrace is not line bred. Breeding
after a standard is mostly line breeding. There’s a difference in breeding goals between an
ecological landrace and a standard bred race, for it is mainly used for exhibitions and
racing events, and therefore the breeding is different.

THE SMOOTH SALUKI AND ITS ORIGINS

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According to the FCI standard N 188 of 08.01.1998 (French) and 27.04.1998 (German), the
Sloughi's countries of origin are clearly defined as North Africa. North Africa does not
include the Sinai Peninsula and certainly does not include the Arabian Peninsula. The
Sloughi is only found in short-hair. (French formulation: Le Sloughi n'existe que sous une
forme unique à poil ras).

This means that dogs that do not originate from North Africa and do not exclusively carry
short-hair genes are definitely not Sloughis according to the current FCI Standard No.
188.

The distinction between Saluki and Sloughi on the basis of the coat is historically and

factually incorrect, as the various references by Brian Duggan and Dr. John Burchard
vividly demonstrate.