My
friends,
Some
Answers and Comments
about Mail I Received on my site
and the lethargy of the FCI -
Nov.09
1.
COMPLAINTS:
Some
ers, unhappy with the fact that they own crossbreds with Fila pedigree (as
you may know I write "capital "F" Fila = Pure-bred, while the small "f" = mixed-bred), tend
to attack
CAFIB, Dr. Paulo Santos Cruz, CAFIB Judges, ers, Ms. Ines van Damme and
Chico Peltier, also. Some have even tried
to deny the existence of mix ing, which was already formally acknowledged
in writing by Mr. Eugene Henrique Pereira de Lucena, former President of CBKC,
known as the Highest National Canine Expert during the years of dictatorship in
Brasil. and also by Professor Proc�pio Valle,
apologist
for the so-called black Fila that I have dubbed the
"filamarques".
To
that, I always answer by asking these unhappy people: Why don't you go complain to the
Honorable Joao Batista Gomes, to Proc�pio Valle and �nio Montes, as well as to
Mrs. Clelia Kruel; who wrote 4 books about the Fila and never once mentioned
mix-ing? Why don't you go
complain even further to the CBKC and specially to the
FCI; which have both made a substantial amounts of money from registering
thousands of pedigrees to crossbred dogs resulting from mix-ing the
Fila?
After
all my friends, who is responsible for this farce? Who is responsible
for having deceived
so many ers of good faith? We at CAFIB, that exposed this unregulated and
illegal mix ing since mid-1970? Or was it JBVMCruel along with the
CBKC/FCI; who according
to their own regulations, should protect the Fila by
only
registering purebred dogs in their
Official
Registry Books?
2. PURE [Bred]
Fila:
Many ers ask me what exactly do I mean when I use the term
"Pure [bred] Fila" on my site. My
response, with due support of the first President of CAFIB, Architect and
er Airton Campbell, is extremely simple and straightforward as well as very
constructive: I am referring to the pure bred, true-bred, real,
authentic, traditional, ancient, original,
cattle-dog, big-headed dog, the national leopard dog and every Fila that
GOT APPROVED and GETS approved by the CAFIB Standard.
The Filas that are
approved by CAFIB may receive the following qualifications:
EXCELLENT, Very Good, Good and
Regular. They may be approved with exceptions or
with out them. Remember, based on the CAFIB criteria it is very rare to find an
exemplar considered
Excellent.
And that is the end
of that! That is my personal position and that
which is my website's position of what the dog I name a Pure-bred Fila is. I
humbly believe nothing rests to doubt.
What's left to do
is improve, enhance and improve.
Many
people call themselves ers but, in fact, they have just recently acquired a
pair of Filas and believe their very first litter will generate a
super-duper-dog-show-champion. They erroneously
believe that in 2 or 3 years they will "fabricate" perfect Filas. Worse than
that, the vast majority think their ing stock is better, in fact, far
better than at other kennels.
Thirty years for
humans is a lot. However, it is nothing for a
that was cross-bred systematically and without control by Jo�o Batista do
Valle Monte Cruel (= JBVMKruel.) , while having the connivance and complicity of
CBKC and more importantly of the FCI, who never took a
position on this serious subject!
At
least the Almighty Eugenio Henrique Pereira de Lucena, in office and after his
presidency in CBKC was sincere enough to acknowledge this very serious error.
Just log on to the link my site:
http://www.filabrasileirochicopeltier.com.br/10-Documentos-de-1980-a-1983/10-14.jpg
There
you can read his [Mr. Lucena's] letter dated 12/08/1983. This letter was sent to
Molosser Magazine readers. Mr. Lucena, then
President Lucena, delivered this letter at his residence in person, to Mr.
Christopher Habig and I. President Lucena, whom
I have both argued and disagreed while maintaining the most cordial
relationship, went even
further. Just visit the links:
http://www.filabrasileirochicopeltier.com.br/17-INGLES-FILA-BRASILEIRO/11.20a.jpg
and
http://www.filabrasileirochicopeltier.com.br/17-INGLES-FILA-BRASILEIRO/11.20b.jpg
. Read the Preface that he drafted exclusively for the
excellent
author
from Minas Gerais, Antonio Carlos Linhares Borges (Kennel
Caramon�).
But make no mistake;
it was not only the former President Lucena, albeit remorseful, who denounced illegal cross ing in
the Fila , but also, the well-known
Professor Proc�pio do Valle. Prof. Proc�pio do Valle; the only author in the world
who can visualize a pure-bred Fila Brasileiro in any black dog regardless of
phenotype and temperament, also recognized and denounced uncontrolled ing
females Filas with English Mastiff males in Sao Paulo. This fact is mentioned in his own article that was
published in the 1978-1979
Yearbook of Animals & Veterinary Journal, pg.
86. If you have enough courage to access
my site, go to the link:
http://www.filabrasileirochicopeltier.com.br/7-Cao-Preto-x-Fila-Puro/fila-brasileiro-Afila-brasileiro-A.jpg.
To complete this
reasoning further, I suggest clicking another link on my
site:
http://www.filabrasileirochicopeltier.com.br/8-Documentos-de-1978/8-21-A.jpg
There you can read
the letter from the Paulista Kennel Club, dated Sep, 11th11/1978, announcing the ing
of English Mastiffs during the same period, also, the same city - Sao
Paulo.
More importantly, who their ers were. Do you have any idea Who those
ers were? They were Mr. Jo�o Batista Gomes and Mr. �nio
Montes.
In continuation, I
reiterate: the name of the game is IMPROVEMENT. This is the verb to be read and to be practiced to the
extreme by all the "true" and "pure" ers of the true Fila.
Many want a pure bred Fila, but forget to
it with purity, integrity and determination. The most sterile polemics that do not lead to anything
or anywhere are prevalent in the Fila forums! However, in contrast, our
link, our connection, our glue and mortar is the Fila. For the Fila's sake, we
have to respect views and spaces that are sincere. We should make friends, unite
extremes, diminish differences. As I wrote in the past "What's most important is
the Fila!" Dogs, Kennels and ers, will pass
on, but the Fila will remain forever.
Alias,
as a matter of justice, I need to mention that it was precisely this philosophy
dictated by the phrase What's most important is the
Fila,
which guided us in the foundation of CAFIB and united us all as if we were
childhood friends. What was good for the
Fila was good for our group. And do not think
everyone heard our dear late Mentor Paulo Santos Cruz or our beloved Aunt
Antoinette (his wife) blindly. Issues were democratically discussed and
solutions were reached regularly as the primary focus of our group was solely
the Fila. OUR FOCUS WAS THE FILA! Of course: the primary focus still
remains. CAFIB founding members, such as Airton
& Rosely Campbell, Am�rico Cardoso & Cleide dos Santos, Luiz Antonio
Maciel, Antonio Silva Lima, Jose Souto Maior Borges, Roberto Maruyama, Arthur
Verlangieri and, somewhat later, Fernando Zanetti Coelli were not soft on the
issues. They were all very independent, had their jobs and loved the
Fila. No one lived (or lives) off of litter sales. Everyone had their own opinions and "bit" very well.
Nonetheless, our common goal was the Fila
and everything got resolved and the group got strongly united against JBVMCruel,
the CBKC and the FCI.
As
I write, I recall that in early 1980, I once spoke with President Lucena in his
office at the former headquarters of BKC later the CBKC, on the 13th floor of
Debret Street No. 23, in downtown Rio de Janeiro. As he so often did, he gently
said to me --- "Chico, forget it. The CAFIB has good
ideas, but like many other dissident clubs, it will disappear." The Fila, the
CAFIB and our union won! Too bad President Lucena is no longer with us. In
reality, despite many disagreements and arguments, we always liked each other.
I
also remember that the alliance in CAFIB was such that I spoke to Dr. Paulo,
Airton Campbell and Luiz Antonio Maciel several times even while working in
London, to write and sign my Open
Letter (which I mention
below). I would never let that
nuclear
bomb loose without
the support of my friends in CAFIB ...
Furthermore
friends, appreciate the Fila Brasileiro more than the individual Filas or filas that are in your homes and farms. With this
alone, our Fila; rescued from extinction through the hard work CAFIB has done
for years, will be perpetuated forever. I am absolutely certain that in a few decades from now, the Fila will be
regarded
as it truly should around the world, despite the
FCI.
3. THE OLD STRATEGY DOES
NOT JUSTIFY OR EXPLAIN:
3.1. Brazilian Justice in the Age of Dictatorship versus
the Ministry of Agriculture:
The other day I received an email with the biggest non-sense joke
I have ever read about our Fila. Someone was trying to develop a lame
pseudo-theory that, if mix ing had actually occurred, why is it that Dr.
Paulo Santos Cruz; a very intelligent and literate person, also a lawyer, did
not to court against the mix ers and the BKC/CBKC? You see, this
supplicant wishes to deny the existence of mix ing by placing the
responsibility of its negation on Dr. Paulo, since he did not go after the mix
ers in Court during the 1970's. That's right! I wonder in which distant planet this supplicant was
living on during the mid-1970's? Was this supplicant ever informed that
our Brazil found itself in deep military dictatorship at that time? Who would
give any importance to a dispute between "dog folks"? For the love of god, in
which galaxy did this supplicant live in (and in which galaxy does he live now)?
I recommend that the younger people go to the
movie theaters in the coming weeks to watch the excellent Barreto Family (*)
feature called "Lula, the Son of Brazil."
In this film, youngsters can acquaint themselves with the lighter things
that happened during those days of authoritarianism. Also, do some Google
searches and read some history; among
many other related subjects, about Fernando Gabeira, Carlos Marighella,
Juscelino, Lacerda, Prof. Manoel Mauricio, Cabo
Anselmo, Vladimir Herzog, Golbery, Rubens Paiva, Vladimir Palmeira, Doi-Codi,
CENIMAR, AI-5, UNE (from that period, for God's sake) and the March of the One
Hundred Thousand here in the City of Rio
de Janeiro.
Now my friends, it's
clear that neither Dr. Paulo nor CAFIB would bring this matter to court. Especially because this was not the appropriate forum
as you will soon see below.
Read carefully, Mr.
Supplicant: either you forgot or you did not study your lesson well, unknowing
of the he "flip-side" of this silly fabrication; as I said in the title; that
does not explain or justify. Whether you would
like it or not, sir, there is the other side of the coin, the other side of the
fence ... That's right ... We did not go
to court, just as the BKC and later its successor; the CBKC, as well as the
FCI, did not enter in court against the CAFIB or
against Dr. Paulo Santos Cruz, even
against me as well. Since after several complaints made by me, on August ,
3RD, 1978 , I finally wrote my Open Letter from London listing all
possible complaints at that time (see on my site):
http://www.filabrasileirochicopeltier.com.br/1-eng.html
+ 4 pages) I included a printed photo of Mr.
Jo�o Batista Gomes, then President of the Paulista Club of Fila Brasileiro with
his English Mastiff (Willy)!. Do your homework Mr. Supplicant: the covers of the
masterful "O FILA" bulletins issued by CAFIB; whose editor Luis Antonio Maciel,
Journalist, was one of the
founders of CAFIB, alone would
be
grounds for dozens of lawsuits ... Its contents, hundreds of lawsuits...
That's
right, Mr. Supplicant, Your Excellency has forgotten that based on the SAME
REASONS REPORTED BY YOU, THE BKC/ CBKC and even the toxic and harmful FCI --- regarding the Fila Brasileiro
-- also could have gone to court against us!
Therefore, Mr. Supplicant, why is it that the BKC/CBKC and FCI did not go to court against the
revolutionaries, dissidents and stubborn Cafibeans, since they had the very same
right to go to court against us? My answer:
because the most adequate and logical forum was another. The forum was the
appropriate Ministry of Agriculture (MA). It was just the MA which granted the
BKC / CBKC, totally ignoring the distant and silent
FCI, the right to
register dogs, pedigrees and to make a lot of money with this
service.
Got it now, Mr.
Supplicant?
Well
I'll tell you more, you know who appealed to the Ministry of Agriculture (MA)?
That's right, Mr. Supplicant, it was the CAFIB , not the BKC / CBKC, much less the distant FCI. The BKC / CBKC only was the
defendant, that defended itself and then turned the tables with the support of
military coup generals, ministers and friendly businessmen and accomplices in an
indecent lobby... If you doubt that, Mr. Supplicant,
just
click on link in my site:
http://www.filabrasileirochicopeltier.com.br/13-CAFIB-X-MA/13-1.jpg.
In
it, Your Excellency
can
read and amaze yourself at the purely technical decision in favor of the
Cafib which on April, 23RD, 1980
, published in the Official Gazette of our country, the order that "...
provides for the granting of the records and measures the CAFIB pled ...
"
Through these documents, you may
infer that the experts of the MA preferred the CAFIB solution and this had
already been published in the Official Gazette, granting the CAFIB EXCLUSIVE rights to
control and record the Fila Brasileiro throughout the national territory.
The CBKC had no choice but to throw down, via its lobby; with ministers,
military heads and businessmen, requesting that dogs no longer be under the
jurisdiction of the Ministry of Agriculture. That's right: the CBKC, finding
itself lost and beaten by the CAFIB, chose to plead before their lobby, the
removal of the MA from of regulating canines. Just note that all animals having
organized ing in our country ultimately respond to the MA; such as birds,
horses, cattle, pigs, etc. and are still regulated by the MA. Thus, the dogs were the only exception. However, the
CBKC, for be expelled from the MA lost the exclusivity of being the only entity
with powers granted by the Brazilian Government, through the MA with the
exclusive right to the registry of dogs and since the MA solemnly ignores the FCI. This is precisely why the
CAFIB records their own litters and issues their own pedigrees, to date, without
ever
violating
any rule of law.
It's all there. It is only a question of Mr. Supplicant doing a little
investigating and / or he should stop trying to make fools of his associates.
Therefore, Mr. Supplicant, a new note for your notebook: There has not been
such a thing as Official cynophily ??? since 1980! The anticipated Official cynophily has been properly
buried. Do you have any idea by whom? No, it was
not the CAFIB. She was buried by the CBKC, due to confusion and worked out by an
authoritarian President and a Board of silent and complacent in face of the
Ministry of Agriculture.
3.2. Racism in Fila (what a desperate
attempt!)
Trying
to take the focus of discussion on the mix ing and the existence of a black
cross s having Fila pedigree to a field unimaginable hitherto, certainly
aiming to continue deceiving ers and Associates, another supplicant, Mr.
Supplicant II, hiding behind a totally disconnected argument: - "Not to accept a
black Fila means one is a racist. Oh, my God, just
laughing this one off... This is an even greater
appeal. Such complete and utter nonsense: this also does not explain or justify and also
insults
our intelligence!
Well
my friends, the whole civilized world knows it is not correct and certainly not
an example to compare human beings. We in Brazil are so proud of the fusion of
all races, in fact it is so characteristic of our Brazil. In organized animal
s that must obey regulations
and standards as well as pre-established goals, individuals can only be mated
(and not crossed. Do you know the difference, Mr. Supplicant II?) AMOGNST EACH
OTHER, that is, within he same , which is not the case, Thank God,
for
human
beings.
Mr.
Supplicant II, if you continues
stubbornly disagreeing with me, I suggest that you do the following: jot a
little email to the FCI for permission to cross
a German Shepherd with a Dobermann, and then a brindle Boxer with a black Great
Dane.. and, if you don't receive permission then you can accuse the managers of the FCI of being
racists
too, ok?
Hello,
hello Mr. Supplicant II: A brindle Boxer crossed with black Great Dane, does
that remind you of some trickery? Does that remind you
of the "filamarques" (dane-a fila)?
Do you believe that Mr. Supplicant II, that even more
lost and stumbling in false arguments against me recently was snapped by email:
--- "Mr. Francisco tell me one thing, are you a Brazilian? What is the
racial profile of your last 3 generations? ". This unfortunate Supplicant II then received
the following plain answer from me: --- "I'm very Brazilian yes and very proud
of it! And my blood is very
mixed. After all I am the son of two people from
Bahia. I'm the grandson of two people from Bahia, in addition to one Portuguese
and one French. Besides that, some generations way back, I inherited the
excellent blood of black Africans and native Indians. Still further inherited
the blood from the Jewish and Moorish Iberia. Therefore, on reflection, I think
I'll ask the FCI for a pedigree for me ... After
all, with regard to registering "mixed bred" the FCI
knows very well about.
4. CBCK and FCI:
If
the staff that currently controls CBKC was a bit smarter and had less pride and
arrogance, they would understand that they never had a greater involvement with
the mix ing itself in Fila . The current managers of CBKC inherited
this situation from the past. Whose most important
and powerful management was precisely that of the President Lucena, which
expressly recognized twice the mix ing. Therefore, they are in the privileged position to
address and to try to solve this problem that has lasted nearly 40 years. Now,
attention: they need to wake up and work, because after all must do to something
to deserve so many benefits and perks.
Please
allow me to make a suggestion?
The CBKC should look right there in the bucolic neighborhood of the Botanical
Gardens, here in the city of Rio de Janeiro, for a guy named Paulo Roberto Godinho.
For those who do not
know, this is one of the biggest cynophily experts in the world. Our dear Godinho has the solutions for the mix
of CBKC and FCI ... The Grand Paulo Godinho has a
great solution for the so-called black Fila, also know as filamarques [dane-a-fila]... With all
due respect, just lift your butts off those chairs, as our President Lula
says... All it takes is for the CBKC to surround themselves with people who
really understand and are competent, leave the bureaucrats and brown-noses
alone. By doing so, the trustees of the CBKC, would not come to the same
uncomfortable position that President Lula often faces by being poorly advised,
when he is forced to keep repeating: --- "I do not know, I wasn't aware". After all, registered with the CBKC,
there are hundreds of great Filas. Many also have the CAFIB the pedigree...
Furthermore: many CBKC Filas have running in their veins the blood of Cafib
approved Filas, as the falsification of pedigrees also occurs for the good...
That's right: there are also falsified papers belonging to CBKC dogs,
which are a product of a Cafib mating... Well,
friends, real life is very different from the world of titles on paper, stamps,
pedigrees and bureaucracy, be it in the rooms of CBKC here in Rio de Janeiro or
in the halls of suits of the FCI in Thuin,
Belgium. Is this a surprise? That's right:
many CAFIB dogs were used by CBKC ERS to "improve" their FILAS ... That's what I always say, no point in sitting
there at the CBKC and in
FCI headquarters, because the real world, "out here", is
unstoppable
and dynamic...
Merry
Christmas!
Two
developers are preparing two excellent new works about the Fila Brasileiro. If they are
ready on time, they will be sent to all of you as a special gift for Christmas
and New Year's Eve event. If they
aren't, I take this opportunity to wish all of you, including
Supplicant and Supplicant II, a Merry
Christmas and a great 2010!
But,
caution:
a)
As I had written in 1977, the Fila Brasileiro, for being Brazilian, does not need an
English
accent nor a Neapolitan accent, let alone a Danish one...
b)
it also can go without an omissive FCI which is
not proactive and that, ultimately, in the last 35
years never concerned itself about the pure-bred Fila.
Rather, it represents
little for our case. My friends, after all, in
the specific case of the Fila
Brasileiro, the FCI - F�d�ration Internationale
Cynologique, founded in 1911, doesn't even respect its own statutes; wherein the
"Article 2 - Objectives" is clearly drawn: (1) "support and promote the creation
and use of purebred
dogs ... "and (2)" protect and maintain the
creation of purebred
dogs in the FCI countries ..." In other
words: in Brazil, the FCI tore their own statutes
apart, forever staining their records! But, they certainly profited at that... Maybe before the FCI
completes its100 years in existence, they might
lose this state of profound lethargy and wake up ashamed, decide to pay
attention to the crime of mix ing in the Fila
and stop disrespecting their own statutes?
Well, my friends,
last two facts:
- Yesterday, Nov,29th, my site
Released March last
hit the incredible number of duly audited of 24.193 pviews.
-
In the coming days this text will be available on my site on "Information in
English", link
#
30-9 - Nov, 30th. 2009 - Some answers. and the lethargy of FCI - by
F. Peltier"
(*)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Barreto
Note: Translated by
Mrs. LIGIA MORRIS, costumes designer (in USA), Fila er, owner of Boiadeiro do Jatob� Kennel and organic
farmer (in the Minas Gerais, Brazil.)
Merry
Christmas!
Chico
Peltier.
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