Cat Associations and Cat Lovers of World

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A cat association is an organization that registers cats and kittens, selects cat show judges and conducts many cat shows and cat competitions. A cat association also controls cat clubs. The winner of cat show is provided with trophies, awards or medals. The Cat Fanciers Association (CFA) sponsors about 650 cat clubs inrepparttar USA. There are many cat associations in USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Japan and other countries. The Cat Fancier's Association isrepparttar 111198 largest cat association inrepparttar 111199 world. Visitrepparttar 111200 website of Cat Fancier's association at http://www.cfainc.org/, visitrepparttar 111201 website of Cat Fancier's at http://www.fanciers.com/, visitrepparttar 111202 website of The International Cat Association at http://www.tica.org/ and visitrepparttar 111203 website of American Cat Fancier's Association at http://www.acfacat.com/. The Cat Fancier's Association registers more than 80000 cats and kittens annually. The other famous cat associations include The International Cat Association (TICA),repparttar 111204 American Cat Fancier's Association (ACFA) andrepparttar 111205 Canadian Cat Association, In Europe,repparttar 111206 largest cat association is Federation Internationale Feline De Europe. A single cat show may have eight to twenty different judges. After judging each cat within a particular breed,repparttar 111207 judge gives out preliminary awards, such as best of colour or best of breed. There are hundreds of cat breeders inrepparttar 111208 USA. The first cat show was held in crystal palace in England in 1871 whilerepparttar 111209 first cat show in USA was held in Medison Square in 1895. The Intellectuals aroundrepparttar 111210 world are keeping cats as pets. Dr. William Grier left US $ 415000 for his two pet cats when he died. The richest single cat inrepparttar 111211 world is white alley who inherited US $ 250000. In September 1996, a Businessman of Thailand spent 18000 Pounds forrepparttar 111212 marriage of his male diamond eyed pet cat named Phet with a female diamond eyed pet cat named Ploy because his male pet cat loved a female cat. The marriage was attended by 500 guests. The cats were given a dowry of US $ 23202. The newly wedded cats received US $ 60000 in cash and wedding presents. Cardinal Richelieu left lifetime pensions for his fourteen pet cats. Lord Chesterfield

Cat Senses,Cat Anatomy,Cat breeds,Cat Morphology

Written by chetan gupta


Cats are available in all rainbow colours and their shades.Eyes of cats are most beautiful as compared to all other animals.Eyes of cats are also found in all rainbow colours and their shades.A cat can have each eye of different colour. Each eye of a cat can have two or more colours. The eyes of kittens change color over a period of months torepparttar final eye color. Eyes of cat are found in slanted, almond and oval shapes. The eyes of cat shine at night because they have a layer of reflective cells atrepparttar 111197 back of each eye known as Tapetum Lucidium of yellowish colour which acts like a sort of bright mirror reflectingrepparttar 111198 light onrepparttar 111199 retina. Cats are able to see clearly in dim light. The night vision of cats is six times greater than human beings. Cats are not able to see in complete darkness. For function of vision, Cats have more nerve cells in their brain as compared to human beings and all other mammals. Cats also have about three times more rods in their eyes as compared to human beings so they can see better than human beings in dim light. Cats have Peripheral vision and binocular vision which enables it to accurately judge large distances. Eyes of cats have a additional third eyelid or nictitating membrane which is a thin fleshy membrane that is usually tucked away atrepparttar 111200 inner corner ofrepparttar 111201 eye. The third eyelid helps in protection and cleaning of eye. The retina ofrepparttar 111202 cat's eye is made extra sensitive to light by a layer of guanine, which causesrepparttar 111203 eye to shine at night in a strong light. Cats have highly developed sense of touch. The skin of cats is covered with highly sensitive touch spots which respond torepparttar 111204 lightest pressure. The skin of cats shine due to sebum, a lubricant secreted byrepparttar 111205 sebaceous glands of skin. Ear of cats can rotate up to 180 degrees in order to locate and identify evenrepparttar 111206 faintest of squeaks, peeps and rustling noises. Ears of cats have twelve muscles. Tiny erector muscles, attached to hair follicles, enablerepparttar 111207 cat to bristle all over. In relation to their body size, cats have largest eyes as compared to any other mammal including human beings. Domestic cats possess some colour vision. Domestic cats are able to see blue, green, yellow and gray colours. Cats sense of hearing is one ofrepparttar 111208 highest in animal kingdom. Cats can hear ultrasonic waves. Hearing power of cats is about three times greater than human beings. Hearing power of cats is about two times greater than dogs. Cats can hear sounds of upto 65kHz and dogs can hear sounds of upto 30kHz. There are more than forty thousand nerve fibres present inrepparttar 111209 auditory nerve of cats as compared to human beings having about thirty thousand. Deafness is an inherited defect among some white cats, particularly those with blue or odd - color eyes. Sense of smelling in cats is highly developed. Cats have fourteen times more smelling power than human beings. Smelling power of dogs is greater as compared to cats. The cats have additional smelling organ known as jacobson's organ besides having nose. The jacobson's organ is located inrepparttar 111210 upper surface of a cat's mouth. A cat has a small wedge - shaped nose. The tip of nose is covered by a tough layer of skin called nose leather. The nose leather may be of various colors. It is usually moist and cool. A sick cat may have a warm, dry nose. The sense of taste in cats is as developed as sense of smell. The taste buds are present in tongue of cats. Cats prefer salty and sour tastes more than sweetness and bitterness. The tongue of cats is covered with hooklike rough protuberances or papillae, that it uses to rasp meat from bones and to groom itself. Out of all domestic animals, only cats have true furs. Cats have both undercoat fur and outer fur. The fur of cats are warm, soft, shiny, silky and of various lengths depending upon breed of cat. The cats can have upto two hundred hairs for every square millimeter on their body. There are more than hundred breed of cats. There are about forty internationally recognized breeds of cats which differs mainly in their personality, intelligence, coat colour, coat colour pattern, body size, ear size, ear shape, nose size, eye colour, tail length, tail shape, thickness of tail, fur length, face shape and eye shape. The famous cat breeds include Siamese, Persian, Ragdoll, Balinese, Russian Blue, Maine Coon, American Curl, Manx, Himalayan, Burmese, Abyssinian and Birman. Other breeds include Bombay, Norwegian Forest Cat, Scottish Fold, British Shorthair, American Shorthair, American Wirehair, American Bobtail, Laperm, Ocicat, Siberian, Egyptian Mau, Oriental, Colorpoint Shorthair, Chartreux, Cornish Rex, Devon Rex, Somali, Singapura, Exotic, European Burmese, Havana Brown, Japanese Bobtail, Turkish Angora, Turkish Van, Tokinese, Sphynx, Javanese, Korat and Selkirk Rex. The coat colour patterns in different breeds of cat are Solid, Tabby, Shaded, Parti - Color, Colorpoint, Tortoiseshell or Calico and Bi - Coloured. Out of all cat breeds,repparttar 111211 Persian breed of cats have longest and thickest fur. The coat of Russian Blue cats is blue coloured. The Manx breed of cats do not have a tail. The largest breeds of domestic cat are Ragdoll and Maine Coon. The Siamese breed of cats is exceptionally more vocal. The Sphynx breed of cats is hairless. The Japanese Bobtail breed of cats has a short rigid tail with bushy hair. The Scottish fold is a medium sized cat with ears that fold towardrepparttar 111212 face and downward. The Maine Coon breed of cats looks somewhat like a Raccoon. The American Curl breed of cats have ears that curl away fromrepparttar 111213 face. The American Wirehair breed of cats have a unique wiry coat that is not dissimilar to that of Cornish Rex and Devon Rex breeds. Most breeds of cats have rounded face. The most favorite breeds of cat are Persian, Siamese andrepparttar 111214 Maine Coon. Many breeds of cats have narrow

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