What affects us affects cats
The Bengal cat was created in America (Covina, near Los Angeles). It is an American cat despite its name hinting at Asia. The name is taken from the scientific name, in Latin, of the Asian leopard cat which is the wild cat element of this popular breed. The scientific name of the Asian leopard …
In general the Bengal cat is considered to be larger than average for domestic cats. This must be due to selective breeding because as you may know this is a wild cat hybrid but the wild cat species used for its breeding is quite a small animal. In Southeast Asia the Asian leopard cat …
The woman, Jean Mill, who founded the Bengal cat breed made a fatal mistake at the very beginning because she chose the wrong small wild cat. There are a number of small wild cats that could have been chosen to create a wild cat hybrid suitable for living with families in their homes. But …
The cat breed which is the most affectionate is the Ragdoll, a cat breed from California ‘manufactured’ during the heyday of the creation of new breeds. At the other end of the spectrum and low on affection is the well-known, wild cat hybrid, the Bengal. I have seen this personally. Also the wild cat …
This bengal UK cat breeder, Elizabeth Richmond-Watson, with a posh name, won numerous awards for her cats including the best bengal cat in the world in 2002 with Mr Marbles (TICA made the award). I believe her breeding cattery is Owlsdene Bengals. Her Bengals were featured in the Channel4/National Geographic program “Animals in the …
You would have thought that if you microchip your cat you will always be able to be reunited with him if he was lost and found. This is not necessarily the case. Firstly, micro-chipping is not, I’m told, evidence on its own of cat ownership. I presume it is evidence that supports ownership but …
This is an excellent photo of a Bengal cat by Helmi Flick, the well-known, Dallas based, American cat photographer. The photo is watermarked with “Babbling Bengals” so this super looking cat must be one of theirs. Breeders often ask Helmi to photograph their cats. Helmi has a photographic studio at home but most of …
There is one wild cat species in Japan – specifically on a Japanese island: Iriomote-jima. It is remarkably close to Taiwan and quite far from Japan as it happens. The cat is named after the island: Iriomote cat (scientific name: Prionailurus bengalensis ssp. iriomotensis). It is a subspecies of the Asian leopard cat (leopard …
