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Do You Want To Find a Purebred Cat?
For some of us, a common-or-garden Tom cat is not enough. We
want quality feline company with a pedigree and the only way to
guarantee that a cat is a purebreed is to contact one of the
national cat associations or similar organisations in other
countries.
To find a purebred cat, you may start with the Cat Fancier's
Association. The CFA was created to maintain breed standards and
to register litters as purebreds. The association also holds cat
shows and judges them based on how closely they adhere to the
standards. They recognize only 41 breeds of cats.
The breeder registers a litter of kittens with the Cat Fancier's
Association. Then they have the option of deciding whether or
not to allow the kitten to be bred. Only cats with a pin number
on their registration forms will be eligible to have their
kittens registered. This allows the breeders to continue to
better their breeds. Once the litter is registered, each kitten
will need to be individually registered by its new owner.
There are three categories of recognized cats. They are the
Championship Class, the Provisional Class, and the Miscellaneous
Class. Each bred that the CFA recognizes is in one of these
groups. They must win first place in their breed and then their
class before they can compete for the title of best in show.
The Championship Class are those cats who are established cat
breeds. The breeds in the Provisional Class have been more
recently established. They are still being watched to insure
that they conform to the new breed standard. Finally, the one
breed currently in the Miscellaneous Class is still having a
breed standard created and cannot actually compete for the best
in show title.
In Canada, you can register your cat in the Canadian Cat
Association. This association was formed by Canadians who did
not want to register their cats with an association in another
country. There are other popular cat registries including the
Traditional Cat Association, which supports original breed
standards and does not uphold current trends that exaggerate
breed characteristics, the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy,
which is the United Kingdom's cat registry, and the Fédération
Internationale Féline, which is the European cat registry.
All cats fit into one of two categories. They are either short
hair or long haired. Short haired are breeds like the Abyssinian
and British Shorthair. The long haired beads include Turkish
Angora and Norwegian Forest Cats. The most popular of them all
is the American Shorthair which has been in the US for over 300
years. They have been carefully bred for generations to develop
characteristics that would appear in each kitten born. Others
include the Siamese, the Rex, the Main Coon, the Ragdoll and the
Persian.
Choosing a cat with a pedigree allows you to choose a cat that
has the characteristics that you want it to have. They are no
more affectionate than other cats but they can be a prized
possession no matter what.
About the author:
Best Pet Health Information is a resource that brings you
information and news, tips and reviews to help find cat medication for
your pedigree feline. http://www.Best-Pet-Health.info Copyright
Best-Pet-Health.info All rights reserved. This article may be
reprinted in full so long as the resource box and the live links
are included intact.
Niall Kennedy
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