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- From: webers@stein.u.washington.edu (Sandy Weber)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
- Subject: Re: Why breed cats? (was: choose him or your cats?)
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 03:19:54 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington
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- bette@wc.novell.com (Elizabeth Brennan) writes:
-
- >This brings up something that's been bothering me for a while -- what
- >is it with cat breeders and these horrible flat faced persians? It breaks
- >my heart to see pictures of these animals. Are they doing similar things
- >to other breeds? I'm not talking about breeding for color or marking or
- >coat length, but rather serious tampering with the basic architectural
- >design of the cat. And besides structural issues, are these same folks
- >also messing with the very essence of the cat -- its personality?
-
- The one that bothers me most is the exaggerated oriental facial structure
- that's becoming popular among show siamese and such. The skinnier the faces
- get, the more sorry I feel for the poor cats that have to look like that.
-
- >I think from my questions, my feelings on this are pretty obvious. But
- >I really am interested in what's happening in Cat Fancy circles regarding
- >these issues.
-
- So am I, if there's someone here in the know about such things...
-
- -Sandy
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