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To
affiliate with The Victorian Canine Association Inc.;
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To promote
and encourage the breeding, training and responsible
ownership of pure bred dogs and in particular the
Staffordshire Bull Terrier;
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To promote
and raise the standards and exhibition of registered pure
bred dogs, particularly the Staffordshire Bull Terrier;
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To promote
the holding of Exhibitions under the Victorian Canine
Association Inc. Rules and Regulations and to conduct
Exhibitions and/or to promote Obedience Training and to
conduct Obedience Trials, Tracking Tests, and Field Trials;
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To foster, promote and
protect the interest of Exhibitors of dogs at Exhibitions
and particularly the Exhibitors of the Staffordshire Bull
Terrier;
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To
collect, verify and publish information relating to dogs and
the breeding, training and responsible ownership and
exhibition of dogs;
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To educate
and encourage members, breeders and judges to abide by the
requirements and standards approved by the Victorian Canine
Association Inc. for the conduct of Exhibitions and Shows;
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To promote
good fellowship and sportsmanship amongst members and those
participating in or attending at Exhibitions and Shows;
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To inform
members of and make known to them the Laws and Regulations
of the State relating to the ownership and care of dogs, and
the responsibility of owners for the conduct and actions of
their dogs;
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To hold
functions and lectures relating to dogs and to the purposes
of the Club generally;
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To provide
awards and donate prizes for competition at Exhibitions and
for the competition by breeders, trainers and exhibitors of
dogs;
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To foster
relations with other Clubs and bodies having similar aims;
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To promote
and assist any worthy cause, as agreed at a General Meeting
of the Members of the Club;
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To invest
the funds of the Club not immediately required in such a
manner as the Members or the Committee in lieu thereof shall
determine;
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To
purchase, hire, lease etc. and do such things as are
conductive or incidental to promoting and achieving the
purposes of the Club;
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To carry
on such other activities or promote and encourage
responsible dog ownership, interest in the breeding, upkeep
and training of and the general well-being and improvement
of the Staffordshire Bull Terrier and to do all such other
things as may be necessary or conductive to carrying out the
objects of the Club.
