Canadian Kennel Club Going Broke

In the past, I have reported that the American Kennel Club is projected to go out of business by 2025.

Now it seems the Canadian Kennel Club may go out of business before that. According to a letter from Lee Steeves, Interim Chair of the Board of the Canadian Kennel Club,

At the March Board Meeting in Winnipeg, with reports from the Audit Committee and the CEO, it became apparent that the Canadian Kennel Club is in the midst of a financial crisis. Dropping registration numbers, a slight decline in entries and falling membership, all products of a worldwide recession in many industries, have combined in the last quarter of 2009 to leave the CKC in a deficit position that is unable to be managed with our existing cash flow.

.... Appeals are now being made to you, our membership, and to CKC Clubs to assist the CKC with donations, as they are able. This one time cash infusion will be applied to the deficit and will shore up the organization over the next two months. During that period, the Board of Directors is working with members and staff to analyze expenditures, cut services as necessary and reduce obligations to effect positive change.

This is a difficult time for the CKC. We ask you, as a member, to work with the Board to move forward. We need your help and we need your support. There will come a time to analyze the history of this issue and to deal with the lessons we have and are continuing to learn. That will happen once the crisis is averted. Until that time we must work together as The Dog Fancy in Canada. We very much look forward to your support.

The Canadian Kennel Club is asking for donations.

Not for the shattered children and families of Haiti devastated by earthquake.

Not to help dogs being shoved into kill shelters in Canada.

Not to help people that have lost their jobs or homes.

No, the Canadian Kennel Club wants people to send donations to help subsidize the people who inbreed deformed, defective, and diseased dogs within a closed registry system.

It has comes as a complete surprise to them that they have dropping registration numbers and a falling membership.

But they are boldly going to set things right now. They have decided to increase the recording registration fee by $1.50 Canadian, effective June 1st.
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