Editing Cane Corso (section)

== History ==

According to the breed standard of the [[Fédération Cynologique Internationale]], the Cane Corso was once distributed throughout much of the Italian peninsula, but in the recent past was found only in [[Puglia]], in southern Italy.{{r|fci2|enci2}} After the collapse of the ''[[mezzadria]]'' system of [[share-cropping]] in the 1960s, the dogs became rare. The modern breed derives from [[selective breeding]] from about 1980 of a few surviving animals.{{r|ijas}} 

A [[breed society]], the Società Amatori Cane Corso, was formed in 1983.{{r|rino|page=107|sacc}} The breed was recognised by the [[Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana]] in 1994;{{r|ijas}} it was provisionally accepted by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale in 1996, and received full acceptance in 2007.{{r|fci}} It was recognised by the [[American Kennel Club]] of the United States in 2010.{{r|akc}}

In the period 2011–2019 the number of annual registrations in Italy was in the range of {{val|3000|–|4250}}.{{r|enci}}