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Qualzucht

English translation: torture breeding / qualzucht (torture breeding), cruel breeding, extreme breeding

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German term or phrase:Qualzucht
English translation:torture breeding / qualzucht (torture breeding), cruel breeding, extreme breeding
Entered by: Melanie Meyer

14:46 Jul 5, 2022
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Genetics / Dog breeding
German term or phrase: Qualzucht
Hallo liebe Kolleg:innen,

ich übersetze gerade einen Text für einen Hundezuchtverein, in dem es um ein neues Gesetz im Bereich "Qualzuchten" geht. Ich habe in den Glossaren "breeding of defects" gefunden, bin mir aber nicht ganz sicher, ob das in diesem Zusammenhang auch passen würde. Hier ein paar Textauszüge:

Es ist verboten, Hunde auszustellen oder Ausstellungen mit Hunden zu veranstalten, bei denen erblich bedingt die Haltung nur unter Schmerzen oder vermeidbarem Leiden möglich ist oder zu Schäden führt.
Tierschutz Hundeverordnung § 10 Satz 2

... Während der Grundgedanke, das Tierwohl durch verbindliche Vorgaben zu fördern, tatsächlich nur begrüßt werden kann, trifft die Auslegung der mit der Umsetzung der Verordnung beauftragten Veterinärämter aber auch Rassehundezuchtvereine, die sich selbst schon der Bekämpfung erblicher Defekte und Dispositionen verschrieben haben.
Wir – als Mitglieder des Club für britische Hütehunde e.V. und Gründer der Initiative „Kontrollierte Rassehundezucht ist keine ***Qualzucht***“ – sind einer davon.
Melanie Meyer
United States
Local time: 14:44
torture breeding / qualzucht (torture breeding)
Explanation:
The literal translation of the term Qualzucht is torture breeding. I found this term in the Times, the Telegraph and on websites such as worldanimalvoice.

Here are some examples:

Qualzucht or “torture breeding” should be a crime
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/pets/news-features/qualzucht-or-...

Torture breeding: the racial madness in dogs and cats
https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2020/12/18/torture-breeding-th...

Here is a word that you probably haven’t heard before, but which you should know. The word is qualzucht. It is used in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and translates literally as “torture breeding”.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/if-you-have-a-torture-bre...

It seems that you can either use 'qualzucht' or 'torture breeding' – although qualzucht may not be immediately clear to English-speaking readers. I would use ‘torture breeding’ or ‘qualzucht’ with added literal translation.

Selected response from:

Moritz von Freyhold
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:44
Grading comment
Vielen Dank! Nach Rücksprache mit der Kundin habe ich herausgefunden, dass torture breeding der bevorzugte Begriff ist.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4cruel breeding
Ramey Rieger (X)
3 +2extreme breeding
Johanna Timm, PhD
3 +1torture breeding / qualzucht (torture breeding)
Moritz von Freyhold
3Puppy mill
Susan Starling


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Puppy mill


Explanation:
I realize "puppy mill" doesn't sound super official and there might indeed be a term of art in the breeding world, but this is the first thing I thought of in your context. If you google "breeders" vs "puppy mills" you'll find a lot. For your context you might be able to say something like "registered breeders are not puppy mills!"


    https://yourdogsfriend.org/before-you-adopt/breeders-vs-puppy-mills/
Susan Starling
Local time: 20:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Good point, thanks Susan, also for the article!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: Well, this is a recognizable English term and involves all the horrors of irresponsible breeding/breeding for profit alone
3 hrs
disagree  Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X): A puppy mill is something else. It's just brainless multiplying of dogs.
5 hrs
  -> Looking at the later suggestions, I still find this fits best in the asker's context. As I suggested, try googling "puppy mill" and "breeders" and you'll see that it's used in precisely the same context as "Qualzucht."
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
torture breeding / qualzucht (torture breeding)


Explanation:
The literal translation of the term Qualzucht is torture breeding. I found this term in the Times, the Telegraph and on websites such as worldanimalvoice.

Here are some examples:

Qualzucht or “torture breeding” should be a crime
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/pets/news-features/qualzucht-or-...

Torture breeding: the racial madness in dogs and cats
https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2020/12/18/torture-breeding-th...

Here is a word that you probably haven’t heard before, but which you should know. The word is qualzucht. It is used in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and translates literally as “torture breeding”.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/if-you-have-a-torture-bre...

It seems that you can either use 'qualzucht' or 'torture breeding' – although qualzucht may not be immediately clear to English-speaking readers. I would use ‘torture breeding’ or ‘qualzucht’ with added literal translation.



Example sentence(s):
  • NAKED PRIMAL DOG BREEDS ARE NOT TORTURE BREEDING AND DO NOT BELONG ON THE LIST OF TORTURE BREEDS!

    https://www.openpetition.eu/petition/online/naked-primal-dog-breeds-are-not-torture-breeding-and-do-not-belong-on-the-list-of-torture-breeds
Moritz von Freyhold
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:44
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Vielen Dank! Nach Rücksprache mit der Kundin habe ich herausgefunden, dass torture breeding der bevorzugte Begriff ist.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X): yes
4 hrs
neutral  philgoddard: Sorry, I've changed my mind :-) I don't think there's a need to invent a new term when we can use "cruel" or "extreme".
22 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
cruel breeding


Explanation:
According to the ASPCA
https://www.aspca.org/barred-from-love/puppy-mills-101/how-c...

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 20:44
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: I've changed my mind! There's no need to say "torture".
2 mins
  -> This is the term used by the ASPCA. It is not a translation, rather their own term.
agree  Veronika Neuhold: I am, hope you too!
1 hr
  -> Greetings, Veronika! Hope you're well.// YES! I very much am!
agree  Björn Vrooman: PETA seems to think this is emotive enough. I'd rewrite it similar to: "...the breeding of unhealthy dogs and dogs with severe genetic disorders..." https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-proposals-on-p... You have to explain it anyway...
8 hrs
  -> Hey DUDE! How ya doin'?
agree  Simon Vigneault
22 hrs
  -> Mercy buckets, Simon.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
extreme breeding


Explanation:
Was ist Qualzucht (§ 11b Tierschutzgesetz)?
Qualzucht ist weder ein wissenschaftlicher Begriff noch im Gesetz zu finden; oft wird von Extrem- oder Defektzuchtgesprochen.
https://www.tieraerztekammer-berlin.de/qualzucht.html

Bei der Extrem- oder Qualzucht werden Merkmale geduldet oder gar gefördert, die für die Tiere mit Schmerzen, Leiden, Schäden oder Verhaltensstörungenverbunden sind.
https://www.zh.ch/de/umwelt-tiere/tiere/haustiere-heimtiere/...

The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) has put forward a call to action to regulators, breeders, and the public aimed at ending the extreme breeding of animals.
[…]When breeding programs focus on specific exaggerated conformational changes, sometimes referred to as extreme breeding, there can be unintended negative consequences that could affect the health and welfare of offspring.”
https://www.veterinarypracticenews.ca/extreme-breeding-of-sh...

https://fve.org/publications/breeding-for-extreme-conformati...


Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 11:44
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Veronika Neuhold
13 hrs
agree  philgoddard
16 hrs
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