Turkish Angora Cat

Turkish Angora Cat, Ankara Zoo, Turkey - Photo: copyright Angora Cat Association.

Ankara Cat

This is a domestic breed of cat and an alternative name for the Angora Cat. More specifically I would like to describe the breed as the Turkish Angora Cat. The name Ankara Cat was not infrequently used in the middle of the 19th century and occurs occasionally in later writings. The lady who brought the …

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Deaf Turkish Angora Annoys Owner Because He Jumps on Kitchen Counter

This lady wants to modify her cat’s behaviour. He is a 7-month-old Turkish Angora (TA). She didn’t realise it until recently that he is deaf. Turkish Angoras are not uncommonly born deaf and sometimes have odd-eye color (blue and yellow) both for the same reason: the presence of the while spotting (piebald gene) or dominant …

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Theft of the Turkish Angora Cat Breed

The distinguished and important cat breed, the Turkish Angora, has been hijacked not once but twice. While the real Turkish Angora resides in Turkey the American cat fancy has created a new cat and given it the name “Turkish Angora”. It is not even a good replica of the original. It neither looks like the …

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Why Turkish Angoras pop up in the non-purebred population of cats

by Simon Mouer (Austin, Texas) Purebred Turkish Angora Cat – Photo copyright Helmi Flick When animals mate, their offspring’s traits are set by a giant double-helix DNA molecular complex present in every cell of the body. Our DNA encodes all the physical traits we receive from each parent. At conception the DNA from each parent …

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