Welcome at the website of the F.N.K.

The F.N.K. has been founded on November 8^th, 2000.

In 2026 a "fresh start" has been made including some important structural changes.

Currently there are five full registering independent cat organisations active in the Netherlands: LCC, Neocat, NRKV, NLKV, and NVvK.
These five organisations work together in the FNK, the Federation of Dutch Independent Cat Clubs.

The structure of the FNK:
Equal representation. Every affiliated club provides a representative for the federation committee. There is no chairperson, all committee members are legally and policy-wise equivalent.
The five organisations believe this approach safeguards the independence of the individual organisations, while strengthening our collective position towards external bodies and the government.

Accomplishments of the FNK until now:

• Regular meetings between the affiliated clubs.
• List of recognised breeds and varieties (CAC-list).
• Procedures for recognition of new breeds and / or varieties.
• Collective show rules and vetting in rules.
• Breeds / varieties not yet recognised can only be shown in household pets classes. Breeders of not yet recognised breeds / varieties can apply for recognition through their own club. See the procedures.
• The clubs keep each other informed about suspensions and disqualifications of their members.

The members of the affliated clubs are being kept informed about all important FNK decisions by press releases.