Don Sphynx

Tattooed Sphynx cat lept from car into the darkness to escape heavily tattooed owner

September 22, 2019 by Michael Broad

This is a cat story from central Russian, specifically the village of Pervomaisky near Yekaterinburg. A man who goes by the name of ‘Kara Fight’ (real name Rustam Shafiev) is obsessed with tattoos. He’s tattooed all over his body. He acquired a hairless cat and decided to tattoo him. His cat, Demon, has tattoos …

Russian bailiffs seize the debtor’s Don Sphynx purebred cat

May 19, 2015 by Michael Broad

This is harsh proof that, legally, domestic cats are still ‘owned’ by people and they are still assets to be seized by bailiffs when a person refuses to settle his debts. At least in Russia! Russians like their fancy cats. They have their own hairless cat, the Don Sphynx. It looks like the American …

April 10, 2018May 25, 2012 by Michael Broad

Introduction First things first; this breed of cat is not related to the better known Sphynx (aka “Canadian Hairless”, “Moon Cat” and “Moonstone Cat”). This cat is native to Russia. The Donsky follows the Sphynx in terms of date of origin (1966 for Sphynx and 1987 for Donsky). OK, the Don Sphynx (aka “Don …

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