breed standards / cat associations / Cat Breeds / Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) / Cat Fancy / Persian cat
September 17, 2023
April 11th 2011: This article is about the Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) breed standard for the contemporary flat faced Persian cat. This cat is sometimes referred to as the “Ultra Persian” in recognition of...
breed standards / cat associations / Cat Breeds / Cat Fancy / Cat photography / Helmi Flick / Ragdoll Cat
September 17, 2023
I won’t try and simply duplicate the breed standard of a cat association – no point. The first thing I have done is to include one of Helmi Flick’s fabulous photographs. I really like...
breed standards / cat associations / Cat Breeds / Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) / Cat Fancy / Sphynx Cat
September 16, 2023
This is an illustrated version of the breed standard for the purebred Sphynx cat. This an interesting, intelligent cat that is nice to touch and hold – the feel of warm, silky chamois leather....
breed standards / cat associations / Cat Breeds / Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) / Cat Fancy / Turkish Angora
September 16, 2023
I use the CFA Turkish Angora breed standard as my guide in writing this summary. I also use my own words, which are less formal and I don’t make an attempt to cover the entire...
breed standards / cat associations / Cat Breeds / Cat Fancy / Japanese Bobtail
September 16, 2023
Japanese Bobtail Breed Standard – Photograph of Joudama © Helmi Flick. The markings (words and lines) on the photograph were made by MikeB at PoC I felt the need to see if the mathematical...
breed standards / Cat Anatomy / cat associations / Cat Breeds / Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) / Cat Fancy / head shape
September 13, 2023
This is an infographic on the well-used cat fancy phrase ‘modified wedge’. It is used all the time in cat association breed standards. I see it used a lot in the Cat Fanciers’ Association...
cat associations / Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) / Cat Fancy / cat fancy / Cat History
September 11, 2023
So what is the cat fancy? The infographic explains and below the infographic there are image links to more articles on the topic. They are cat lovers and they love fancy cats!
Cat Anatomy / cat associations / Cat Breeds / cat eyes / Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) / Cat Fancy / eyes / Siamese / Siamese Cats
July 22, 2023
As per the Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) breed standard the eye colour of the Siamese cat is always a “deep vivid blue” and that eye colour is the same across all the different Siamese...
Bengal cat / cat associations / Cat Breeds / Cat Fancy / Genetics / Key appearance characteristics / selective breeding
June 5, 2023
Yes, all Bengal cats are tabby cats. I’ll explain. ‘Bengal cats’ are a cat breed. ‘Tabby cats’ are domestic, stray and feral cats with a certain type of cat coat: the tabby coat. So,...
Animal laws / cat associations / cat breeders / Cat Breeding / Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) / Cat Fancy / crime / inbreeding depression / key appearance characteristics / Law / Maine Coon
May 28, 2023
It seems to me that animal welfare laws which are usually under statute (an ‘act’) don’t apply to dog and cat breeders or any other breeders for that matter in respect of an important...
Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) / Cat Fancy / Cat News / The International Cat Association (TICA)
March 15, 2023
Conclusion: One cat association made a stand on this. Otherwise there has been no change to the international cat fancy because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It is quite useful to check out what...
December 30, 2022
On the evidence provided by the Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) they allow declawed cats to compete at cat shows but not cats who have suffered the tendonectomy operation. There is a lot of disorganised...
December 16, 2022
Here is a list of the major cat associations of the world. There are many associations and clubs supporting particular breeds as well, which I have not mentioned. This mini-database was prepared June 2010....
May 23, 2022
It has been suggested that cat association breed standards might be encouraging breeders to select breeding cats with genetic traits that promote an overweight physique in order to meet the breed standard. There is...
May 2, 2022
My message to Vicky Fisher, the president The International Cat Association (TICA): I am surprised that we have not heard from you about banning Russian-bred cats from your cat shows in Europe or worldwide....
