Introduction
With the new year of 2023, "What You Don't Know About ..." is going to take a tangential turn to examine CFA's rarest and newest breeds. A peek at the Khao Manee, Lykoi, and Toybob are planned for future editions of Cat Talk throughout the year.
The LaPerm was ranked at forty-fourth most popular by CFA in 2018, our last "normal year," as stated by James Simbro, CFA's Systems Administrator. Upon investigation and research, finding breeders and owners for e-interviews and candid pictures has been challenging.
This writer has been with CFA since 2000 and has never seen a LaPerm other than a picture in breed books. When judges were queried, many had not seen a LaPerm since attending the Breed Awareness program, which trains new judges. "I think I've only judged two in fifteen years of judging ... a beautiful one in Australia, and just recently another in Finland," stated Teresa Keiger, Cat Talk Editor-in-Chief. Bethany Colilla, a judge since 2017, had the privilege of judging two in November 2022, and she was not just surprised at seeing the LaPerm in the Parkville, Maryland show hall, but excited to be able to judge a breed that is so rare. Veteran Judge Loretta Baugh, who has been a judge since 1965, reported that she has seen LaPerms in Regions 1, 4, and 8. "I've seen more overseas, with very few in the continental United States," said Loretta. Iris Zinck, a twenty-year veteran CFA judge, stated, "They are so rare in my area, I believe I have only ever judged three, and I barely remember the first two-I think they were kittens. The third, however, was an adult, and a very striking one."
A Little History, If You Please!
This story is from the February 2023 edition of Cat Talk.
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Introduction - The Middle Ages, sometimes referred to as “The Dark Ages,” spanned approximately one thousand years, between 479 AD and 1450 AD. This time period is not generally considered to have been friendly to anyone, human nor animal, but it was especially hostile toward felines. Ignorance of knowledge and science was rampant among the majority of the population, with the ability to read limited to clerics and the wealthy. Myths, legends, and galliard songs spread widely throughout Europe as people migrated from place to place, searching for food and a safe habitat. Fear of the unknown and the unexplainable, particularly of witches and their cat familiars, was spread not only by the stories and songs, but by the Popes themselves. Without touching on the atrocities of medieval times, let us just say it was not the best time to be a cat.
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