This article is about the animal fancier subculture. For the magazine, see Cat Fancy.
"Cat culture" redirects here. For culture among animals including cats, see Animal culture.
Oriental Shorthair shown at the 2008 Ft. Lauderdale Cat Show
Cat fancy describes the subculture[1][2] that surrounds cat lovers and their hobbies involving the appreciation, promotion, showing, or breeding of cats. Animal fanciers of cats may refer to themselves as "cat people", "cat fanciers", or "cat lovers". The term "cat culture" has also been used,[3] though is ambiguous.[a]
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^Lamz, Cory (April 11, 2011). "Rock the catsbah: Denver's competitive cat scene is a subculture all its own". Westword. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
^Delmastro, Tim; Spencer, Jason (2018). "Home". CatNation.tv. Brisbane, Australia: Cat Nation. A film about Japan's crazy cat culture.
^Alger, Janet M. (1999). "Cat Culture, Human Culture: An Ethnographic Study of a Cat Shelter" (PDF). Society and Animals. 7 (3). Cambridge, UK: White Horse Press: 199–218. doi:10.1163/156853099X00086. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
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CatFancy was a popular North American monthly magazine dedicated to cats, owners of cats, and breeders of cats. It was originally published by Fancy...
Catfancy describes the subculture that surrounds cat lovers and their hobbies involving the appreciation, promotion, showing, or breeding of cats. Animal...
Governing Council of the CatFancy (GCCF) is a cat registry, established in 1910 and the largest organisation that registers pedigree cats in the United Kingdom...
magazine". BowTie Inc. also published its sister magazine Dog World, and CatFancy for cats and their owners. The editorial office was in Irvine, California,...
The New Zealand CatFancy (NZCF) is a cat registry in New Zealand. It is a member of the World Cat Congress and has 21 affiliated clubs. The NZCF lists...
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(FIFe) recognizes 50, the Governing Council of the CatFancy (GCCF) recognizes 45, and the World Cat Federation (WCF) recognizes 69. Inconsistency in a...
a cat with calico or tortoiseshell markings combined with patches of tabby coat (such cats are called caliby and torbie, respectively, in catfancy)....
North-West European catfancy since the 19th century, and after World War II by breeders from North America, Australia and New Zealand. Some cat fancier organisations'...
to the UK. Eight more cats followed this pair to fully establish the breed in the UK, where the Governing Council of the CatFancy recognizes it. The Ragdoll...
dominant gene.Ross registered the breed with the Governing Council of the CatFancy (GCCF) in the United Kingdom in 1966 and started to breed Scottish Fold...
health issues, including the Governing Council of the CatFancy (GCCF). Breeding of Munchkin cats is prohibited by law in several countries due to these...
Siberian breed within Russia itself. In the Russian catfancy, each cat club devises its own cat standards. This fact led to much confusion in other countries...
formal breed began in the early 1990s by breeders in the fledgling Greek catfancy, but the variety has yet to be recognized by any major fancier and breeder...
its native country, as registered by the UK's Governing Council of the CatFancy (GCCF). A quarter of all kittens registered with the GCCF each year are...
Lumina Media acquired CatFancy magazine and rebranded the publication as Catster magazine. At the time of the transaction, CatFancy print circulation stood...
International Cat Association; Bengals gained TICA championship status in 1991. The Governing Council of the CatFancy (GCCF) accepted Bengal cats in 1997....
World Cat Federation (WCF), Canadian Cat Association (CCA-AFC), Australian Cat Federation (ACF), New Zealand CatFancy (NZCF), Southern Africa Cat Council...
the Longhaired Colourpoint by the Governing Council of the CatFancy (GCCF). California cat breeder Jean Mill took a series of graduate classes in genetics...
US-based Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA), the Co-ordinating Cat Council of Australia (CCCA), and the UK's Governing Council of the CatFancy (GCCF) recognise...
World Cat Congress (WCC) is an international confederation of the biggest international federations and national associations in the catfancy. The purpose...
Governing Council of the CatFancy (GCCF) in the UK, the Fédération Internationale Féline (FiFE) in continental Europe, the Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA)...
Choo-Choo appeared in Jellystone!, voiced by Jenny Lorenzo. Fancy-Fancy is a devoted follower of Top Cat. He is smooth-talking, attractive, calm, trustworthy...
The Southern Africa Cat Council (SACC) is a cat registry and catfancy organisation based in South Africa, affiliating 9 clubs, 14 breed groups and 4 judges...
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received championship status with the Cat Fanciers' Association in 1984. The Governing Council of the CatFancy (GCCF) recognised the breed in 1991. Today...
was the National Cat Club, set up in 1887 in England. The Governing Council of the CatFancy was established in 1910. The National Cat Club was also the...
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breed was recognised by the United Kingdom's Governing Council of the CatFancy (GCCF). Since the 1950s, countries in the Commonwealth and Europe started...
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