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For the 4th year in a row, the Spotlight Award for the last CFA Asia / Latin-America show season 2008-2009 is again won by another Hong Kong exhibitor.

Congrats to Ms. Vera Chan of Autumnleaf Cattery.

While I was reading the international news, I came across a piece of news which I found pretty distraught about 2 teenagers abusing some cats and videoed their act and put in YouTube. Fortunately, YouTube had removed the videos. Below is the article,

Teens face two charges of animal cruelty after posting cat abuse on YouTube
http://www.kswo.com/Global/story.asp?S=9859463
Posted: Feb 18, 2009 04:38 AM

Lawton_Two Lawton area teens accused of beating a cat and posting it on YouTube over the weekend will be going through the juvenile justice process in Oklahoma. The 14 and 16-year-old brothers each face two charges of animal cruelty after law enforcement was directed to two videos on Sunday that showed the beating and torture of the grey cat named Dusty, and each video carries separate charges.

Count on 7News for updates on the cats as soon as they are available.

Below is the news aired on 7News. Please view it with discretion

A club with at least 20 years in history of existence had been PERMANENTLY deregistered…

Those responsible may or will have to face the wrath of the law

Phew… talking about busy, busy and busy. Anyway, sorry for the late postage of this historic event. I managed to found some articles on the last Cat-City International Cat Show 2008 which was held in Kuching on 20th December last year. There were so many dailies in various languages that had covered this much awaited show organized by Sarawak Cat Club.

Above: Adilah Roose from Kuala Lumpur showing her Norwegian Forest cat to the VIP

Above: Representative from Royal Canin presenting a momento to our VIPs

Above: Judge Bob Zenda playing with a cat

Above: Adilah Roose from Kuala Lumpur and Vera Chan from Hong Kong, both posing with their winning cats with Judge Bob Zenda

Above: An exhibitor from Thailand, Mr. Rachaphol playing with his Sphynx.

Above: Judge Wain Harding has full attention from the spectators

Above: Judge Bob Zenda is playing with a Korat

Above: A silver American Shorthair held by exhibitor from Hong Kong, Kit

On October 20th, 2008, the President of Feline Society of Malaysia had publicly announced that (at the CFA Asia / Latin-America Yahoo list) that the notable club in Malaysia, which had close to 20 years of history in existence, Feline Society of Malaysia or FSM in short, had been TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED !!!!

As a member of Feline Society of Malaysia, I expressed my shock, disappointment as well as some questions raised due to the shocking announcement.

1. Why the members of FSM were not informed first and the President had decided to went to public and announce this dreadful news knowing the fact that not all members have accessed to the CFA Asia / Latin-America Yahoo list. In my opinion, this is blatantly rude and no respect at all to FSM members.

2. Her committee had taken over as office bearers since 27th May 2007 and she had blamed the previous committee that they did not file in club accounts and reports since 2003 to our local Registrar of Society (ROS). Didn’t the current committee had checked with ROS when they take over? Why wait till now (after close to 1 and a half year) started to point fingers at the previous committee?

3. This committee was given the trust and mandate by the members to uphold the constitutions of the club and to carry out the activities of the society to the best of their ability but sad to say that they did nothing to ensure the existence of this 18 years old club, but instead they were too busy picking on individuals, mending other people’s fences while ignoring their own, what other clubs and a Sendirian Berhad (Private Limited) company are doing (one can read at the infamous Malaysia Cat Forum and the Official Statement which was released by them somewhere April this year respectively) and not forgetting actively show their cats chasing titles and points ever since they were office bearers.

Question now is did they do any sort of society work as depicted in the FSM Constitution - Section 2 : Aims and Objects that depicts;

2. AIMS AND OBJECTS

i) To establish and promote the ‘Malaysiana’ breed as a pedigree to be recognized by any international and/or worldwide cat registration organization.

4. Didn’t the current Treasurer (which is also the previous term’s Vice President) did not know anything about this when he was the Vice President for 2 years???? Isn’t that a direct accusation of the current President to her Treasurer for not doing his job as well ????

Shame on you!!! You all have BETRAYED OUR TRUST !!!

If reports and minutes were not submit to our ROS, then the present committee had proceeded in doing things unlawfully and unconstitutionly, such as raising the Membership Fee, changing the Official Address of the society without informing ROS etc. In order words, if they themselves had not filed in as office bearers for FSM, then all shows held by them since 27th May 2007 will be considered UNLAWFUL ??? I must say that a shameful act of betrayal to more than 1000 members.

To be honest, I blame no one but the present committee for the downfall of FSM and the 9 years affiliation and good rapport that we have had with The Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) and close to 20 years of existance in Malaysia. If it is during the Vikings, their heads will be on the chopping block for the downfall of a community and betrayal.

I had missed the last CFA International Award Banquet last year which was held in Kuala Lumpur and I am not going to miss it this round.

This prestigious ceremony is in celebration to all cats and their owners of their outstanding achievements getting into the Divisional Winner list. Cat owners from as far as Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia had gathered in Singapore where the award was held.

I would like to stress that prior to the event, it is just a shame to some individuals who had publicly announced to boycott this event which really shows how low their mentality were and the so called un-sportsmanship they had become.

The event had been attended by close to 100 guests and Feline Fanciers Society of Singapore had been proud to organize such an event flawlessly. The emcee of the night is a no unknown figure to the cat fancy in the International Division whom is also the owner of a famous cattery in Malaysia called Masmera belongs to Miss Adilah K. Roose aka Abymummy.

The event was started with the arrival of distinguished guests; Mr. Darrell Newkirk, Chairperson of International Division, Mr. Robert Zenda, Far East (except Japan) Liason Chairperson, Ms. Carla Bizzell, Ms. Yaeko Takano and Mr. Wilson Ng, International Division Repesentative. Mr. Newkirk, Mr. Zenda and Ms. Bizzell were from the United States, Ms. Takano was from Japan and Mr. Ng was our proud Malaysian were escorted with traditional lion dance into the ballroom.

The event was down to a moment of emotion by Ms. Chloe Chung from Hong Kong whom was declared as the very first Asian to have campaigning her cat and achieved the National Winner title for her blue British Shorthair, GC BW NW CASTLKATZ PEEVES OF CHLOEADORES. Holding on to her tears, Ms. Chung had related her experience during the course of her campaign and how she had met some new breeders whom had helped her and show that there were people whom is not selfish in knowledge sharing in the cat fancy.

I was honored to be part of the event and I had the opportunity to meet some new foreign friends. Some of my known foreign friends were there and they had privately congratulate me on some of my write ups in my blog which had been an eye-opener for the cat fancy people in this region. They gave me their support in continuing to contribute ideas or discussing matters for the betterment of the cat fancy.

Here are some of the pictures taken during the event.

Above: Me and Puan Zamina Ariffin, owner of an European Burmese Maz Esemais Velvet Paws, 9th Best Cat in CFA Asia / Latin-America Divisional Winner.

Above: Mr. Wilson Ng, CFA International Division Representative with a fellow Malaysian delegate

Above: Miss Adilah Roose as emcee for the event.

Above: Mr. Felix Yeo, President of Feline Fanciers Society of Singapore giving his speech

Again, congratulations to Feline Fanciers Society of Singapore to host such an extravaganza event.

First of all, allow me to take the liberty to explain what is DM title or better known as Distinguished Merit title.

A DM title was given when the following criteria had met:

1. A male cat (known as the Sire) which able to produce 15 Grand Champions (GC) or Grand Premiers (GP) cats or

2. A female cat (known as the Dam) which able to produce 5 GCs or GPs

For the benefit of some of my readers who are very raw about all this titles, allow me to take the liberty again to explain how to achieve GC or GP title.

For a cat to achieve Grand Champion, the cat must first obtain 4 Winner Ribbons to be a Champion (CH) and then as a Champion cat, it must compete with other Champion cats and by defeating them to score a minimum of 75 points. After obtaining 75 points or above, the Champion cat will be crowned as Grand Champion.

This would be the same for achieving the Grand Premier title where the cat also needs 4 Winner Ribbons first to be a Premier (PR) and as a Premier, the cat will have to defeat other Premier cats to score a minimum of only 25 points.

In other words, it is easier to achieve Grand Premier than Grand Champion and it is also easier for a female cat to achieve Distinguished Merit instead of a male.

Let me give you a very good example, a title freak maniac had actively sell off his cats (as neutered of course) and persuaded the owners to show his cats all the way to achieve Grand Premier. Of course, this title freak maniac would never reveal his hidden agenda which is to have the DM title for his own cat. When he successfully manipulate his buyers (being some of these innocent cat lovers buying a cat one after another and sometimes buy 1 get another 1 for special discount or even free!!) and persuaded them to show his cats in every show, his sneaky smile is getting broader and broader.

Now, when he finally achieved his agenda, he would put up a long list of all his cats’ achievements to the whole world and brag about it as being the first person in his country to have the first DM.

So what???

First of all, if he doesn’t have anyone buying and showing his cats, do you think he can achieve the DM title all by himself? And please stop telling people that you don’t need anyone to Grand your cats!!

Second of all, what is so great about having the first DM in the country when he had secretly collaborating with a Chinese national in overseas smuggling cats in and out of her country just for the sake of chasing some points in be in the Divisional Winner (bettern known as DW) list for a season?

Again, allow me to take the liberty (for the 3rd time) again to explain how to achieve the Divisional Winner title.

Every show season, cats from 3 main categories will be running for DW; DW for Kitten class, DW for Championship class and DW for Premiership class.

Basically, the rule or goal is very simple,

a) The cat (whether it is in Kitten, Championship or Premiership class) must be in the Finals

b) Depending on the placing of the cat it achieved in the Finals, the higher the cat’s placing is, the higher the cat’s score in DW list.

Now, how do you calculate the score if you may ask. Let me give you an example, say there were 20 kittens in a Kitten Class.

If Kitten A got Best Kitten (1st Place), it will have 19 points (20 kittens – 1 itself = 19 points).

If Kitten B got 2nd place, it will have 95% of Kitten A’s points, therefore Kitten B will have 18.05 points

If Kitten C got 3rd place, it will have 90% of Kitten A’s points and that will be 17.1 points.

This will continue up to 10th place Kitten and the percentage will reduce in 5% for each placing going down.

This method is applicable the same for Championship and Premiership class.

In other words, if someone shows a cat occasionally and get Top 10 all the time, the points for DW will also be increased gradually. That is why some owners had resorted travel abroad and actively show their cats just to secure a placing in the DW list. And yes, I know it may be a rich man’s game!

So, back to where we left….

If you achieve DW for your cat but by resorting of the action of smuggling your cat in and out from a country by collaborating with someone on the other side, putting your cat’s live in danger (in some country, if the cat was caught without travel documentation, the cat will be put to sleep!!!) and at the same time committing federal crime, do you think your cat deserve the DW title? And you think you can brag about it?? (Spit to the ground!!).

Furthermore, when other cat owners discovered your smuggling tactics and they had done the same, you had over-reacted and condemning their actions and reporting them to local authorities and file a protest to the international board! (Spit to the ground again!!)

When someone show his cat as actively as you are but smarter than you by traveling further in order to have better counts and beat your cat by gaining higher placing than your cat in the DW list, you accused the owner of influencing the judges!

Please look back at what you had been doing!! (Try and spit but no spit able to come out….. dry liow!!)

Now, what is so great of having the first DM in the country when you collaborating with another breeder by providing false information in the registration of kittens?

What is so great of having the first DM in the country when you collaborating with another breeder by manipulating him to breed his cat that was already been registered as NOT FOR BREEDING.

Let me give you an example…

Female cat A was registered as NOT FOR BREEDING, in other words the cat is supposedly spayed but instead the owner / breeder did not spay female cat A and uses female cat A to mate with another male cat. When female cat A is pregnant and gave birth to some kittens, these kittens were registered in a way whereby;

1. The Sire of the kittens was the male cat itself

2. The Dam of the kittens, was registered to female cat B. Obviously female cat A and B belongs to the same colour class.

(Saving my super spit for this…) The irony about this whole thing is that the male cat was not in the home country but at a foreign country and this title freak maniac had again collaborating with the same Chinese national in overseas to meet somewhere in the middle and passed female cat A in order to be smuggled into her destination country and mate with her male cat.

Please again look back at what you had been doing!! (Super spit to the ground!!!)

So, my faithful readers, do you think such person should be proud of the DM title or DW title his cats got? Do you think he deserved for us to be respect when he openly said that he is a responsible breeder? In his home country, he condemned heavily on BYBs but at the back of most of us, he is assisting BYBs outside of his home country? Need I say more?

Please fellow cat owners; the message here is very clear…

Be responsible to your cats. They are not just an animal. They have feelings too just like us. Respect them the same as you wanted to be respected.

Ever wonder what is the purpose of a cat club? Have you ask yourself about this question?

Are you a member of a cat club? What does your cat club do and what do you benefit from it to be their privileged members?

Is a cat club’s main function is to organize competitions or shows for their members? Well, that is entire depends on the Objective(s) of the cat club. When a club was formed, they must have an objective(s) that act as a guideline and it is entirely depends on the club committee to uphold these objectives. Some clubs I personally knew exist in just doing competitions for members although they have other objectives.

So, what else do a cat club do besides holding competition? A lot!! To name a few; activities such as education to the public which in my opinion it’s very important. Educating the public about cat care, hygiene, their medical requirements, food, vaccinations etc so that the public would know how to take care a cat. Besides that, it would be great to have a cat club that actually approach schools to educate the younger generations. As they say, educate the youngs to benefit the future…

Is that all, if you may ask?

1. Working hand in hand with Non-Government Organization (NGO)s such as SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) , PAWS (Progressive Animal Welfare Society), MNAWF (Malaysia National Animal Welfare Foundation) etc in their effort to protect the welfare of our feline friends.

2. Educating those who intend to breed their cats in a responsible and ethical manner

3. Spread the words on the benefits of neutering cats

So, what are the criterias when looking for a cat club? Well, that depends. If there is only 1 cat club in your area or country, then you don’t have any choice of comparison. But if there is more than 1 cat club, you can ask members of each club. What are the objectives of their cat club, what are the benefits being a member of their cat club and most of all, how can a member able to contribute their services to the club.

Is it alright to ask a fellow club A member what he/she think about club B? Hmmm….. Some clubs do have some sort of rivaly with other club(s) and you may ended up hear all negative remarks instead of positives. A cat club (or any other club) should cultivate a positive environment instead of spreading hatred. I do not see any benefit at all by showing hatred towards another club. There were times, we cannot run away from low-level thinking people. What you need to do is to look at the committee members themselves. If the root of hatred coming from there, then do you think you want to join such club? I had seen and dealt with such people and it is best to stay away.

Next, some committee members may have personal agendas and they’d run activities for their own or certain individual benefits. In the end, members work hard just to benefit some individuals instead to the club.

When you join a cat club (or any other club), what you want is what you would benefit from being their member and most of all, you are enjoying yourself being their member. You may or may not choose the right club at first but the most important is that you learn something along the way. Get as much knowledge as possible and perhaps you’ll need to ignore the politics involve.

Question now is what it takes to be a committee member of a cat club?

Well, there would be an election of committee members during their club’s Annual General Meeting and you would need to gain support from members in order to be part of the committee. The members would know best your ability whether you can lead or represent their club.

(I personally do not think that a walk over election would benefit the club. Members should give a chance to elect their representative. Don’t be surprised that chances that a walk over committee may had been planned in the first place.)

Elect someone who is trustworthy and able to lead the club. Never elect someone out of desperation just because there is no suitable candidate. The future of the club lies at the hands of the committee. The last thing that you want is a President who are incapable to lead, a Secretary who only follows instructions blindly without thinking and a manipulative Treasurer. Plus, on a personal note, try and refrain to elect someone who involves in politics. The last thing you want is a storm in a tea cup!!.

SILENT CRIES
PROMOTING ANIMAL RIGHTS AWARENESS AND RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP – Message from the Author (Angeline S. Chin)

Silent Cries started out as the SAVE ANIMALS book project, and its objective is to promote animals’ rights awareness and responsible pet ownership in Malaysia through education.

It now comes in a form of a handy book that not only contains true stories from the animals’ perspective, but also contains valuable information about caring for a pet, fun quizzes, interesting facts and recipes, and also interviews with real people and celebrities who have pets. There are also real case pictures of abused animals and many more. For the first publication, I am concentrating on issues that are faced by two most popular household pets in Malaysia, cats and dogs.

Animals’ rights awareness in Malaysia is still very much at its infancy level, Malaysians tend to have pets these days out of fashion or short term interest to have them around while they are still cute, but what they lack is knowledge on how to become a responsible pet owner. The growing trend to be seen with pedigree animal only is also worrisome, as this would also contribute to the lack of interest to adopt a mongrel.
Some people have pets just to protect their house but hardly ever wonder that animals have feelings too and they do feel lonely. This will only lead the animal into depression and mood disorder. When an animal attacks to defend themselves, society always blamed them and in the end, the animal has to pay the price. Little do they realize that most of the time it was human who provoked them which causes them to retaliate, or due to lack of social skills as a result of being chained 24/7 (lack of interaction with humans).

As an effort to materialize this objective, this book has been conceived to get the message across especially targeted to the young generation.
In order to educate, we need the society to understand the meaning of animal rights and how animals can bring joy into our lives if we let them. Most of us are not willing to open up our hearts and minds to accept that animals have feelings too. Some people abuse animals for fun because they think it is ok to do so, could be due to upbringing or simply out of selfishness and ignorance. In order to correct this, we need to educate the society.

We also need the government and the relevant authorities’ full support to revise the existing penalty law in Animal Act Ordinance 1953, to deter people from abusing animals and to implement the necessary educational programs in schools. If we can have stiffer laws on open burning, not paying our taxes on time, abusing children and women, why can’t we have stiffer laws on animal abuse?
My hope is that this book will benefit the society, whether they are an existing pet owner, potential pet owner or just for general knowledge. Share it with your friends and families. Buy it as a valuable gift on birthdays!

Those interested can purchase the book at a special price of RM25 only (Please include RM5 for delivery within Klang Valley, RM7 for outside Klang Valley – Sabah/Sarawak, International delivery will be quoted in USD – please email to saveanimalsproject@gmail.com for further information).

I would like to take this oppurtunity to relate my own personal experience with a breeder which I hope it will bring awareness to all when selecting your pet cat.

I always love Maine Coon due to it’s size and it’s nicknamed as the Gentle Giant. I went and met this breeder, A who bred Maine Coons and some other breeds as well and it happened that A had some Maine Coon kittens available. I took the kitten one by one, checking them front and back checking on their features. A asked me what do I think about his kittens which I gave A a general statement. Next, A asked me whether any of his Maine Coon kittens are show quality cats and I was caught by surprise because that sort of question supposely asked by a customer to the breeder and not the other way around!! I told him that he should know better since he is a breeder which he chuckled. After spending about 30 minutes or so with the kitten, my heart fell for this 1 particular kitten. Next, I asked A’s permission to see the place where these kittens were raised which A did. It was actually a store room converted to an air-conditioned cat room, tiled all the way to the ceiling. Not that big but adequate.

Then, I asked A whether I could see the parents of the kittens. A said the parents were kept upstairs and he can only show the sire (father) because the dam (mother) is not in condition for public viewing which I said fine. After satisfied seeing the sire, I ask A about the price of the kitten in which A showed him a leaflet for the pricing of Pet, Show and even Breed Quality cats. The prices quoted were eventually high (all above RM2000) and so I eventually asked A how much he is willing to let go this kitten in which he replied since this is his very first litter and first time breeding Maine Coon, he will give him a special price of RM700 which comes together with a pedigree certification. My jaw dropped with the price offered that A willingly to undercut his own advertised price to me. Since the kitten is still very young and weaning, I told A that I would like to see this kitten again in a couple of weeks time.

2 days later, A called me and he apologized to me that he could not sell his Maine Coon kitten for RM700 simply because 2 other Maine Coon breeders got to know that he (A) had selling his Maine Coons for ridiculous price and had called him up and they were really upset and accused him for ’spoiling’ the Maine Coon market. Therefore, A said he needed to revise the price to RM1000 and asked me not to tell anyone about it. I told A that I would reconsider the offer.

So, feeling something amiss, I made my own investigation on A’s background as a breeder and what I had is some shocking news. Firstly, A had sold a Maine Coon (acting as a third party) to someone for a ridiculous price of over RM3000 but did not provide a pedigree certificate to the new owner. Hell went loose when the owner came back to him and asked him for her cat’s pedigree certificate since she is interested in showing her cat in a cat show for the first time. A gave excuse after excuse and when her Maine Coon had ‘mysteriously’ passed away one day, the pursue of the pedigree certificate had stopped. This story was confirmed by the owner herself when I confronted her.

I tried and push my luck by contacting a friend who worked in a large pet store whether he would know A. Eureka!! Apparently, A had been massively produced Persian kittens and sold them off in the pet store (not neutered) but A only lasted a few months before he had been asked to leave the premise by the management after a series of animal deaths in the store.

Couple of weeks passed and one of my friend, Kenneth contacted me and he told me that he is looking for a Maine Coon and whether I would know any breeders. I recommended 2 breeders which include A. Kenneth’s knowledge in Maine Coon’s profile and feature is better than mine and so, I asked him whether I could tagged along when he is visiting any Maine Coon breeder. Kenneth is very much interested to meet A and so, I had set up an appointment.

So, both of us went to A’s place again and were showed with the very same kittens except 1 of them is extremely thin and look sick. I asked A what happened to the kitten which A replied that the kitten is not well. I queried A on why he still wanted to show the kitten to them if the kitten is sick and supposedly resting until full recovery. A quickly called up his maid and asked her to prepare some food for the sick kitten (which the kitten did not touch at all, obviously).

The rest of the kittens were let loose and they were running away from us and hide. I was a bit surprised by this behaviour because this sort of behaviour usually associated with not much of human contacts during the kittens’ upbringing and definitely did not potray a good image to the breeder. After spending an hour and Kenneth had all the information he needed, I suggested to him to see A’s cat room.

Spontaneously, A said, which cat that we wanted to see so that he could bring the cat out. I told A that we would like to see his cat room which again A stressed on which cat they wanted to see. Feeling puzzled, I told A any of his Ragdolls will do and so A went and came back with his male Ragdoll. The Ragdoll was a little bit shaky but what caught my eyes were a round red patch as big as my thumb at the back of the Ragdoll’s neck. I brushed the fur to get a closer look which it caught A’s attention. A asked him is there anything wrong in which I looked at him and told him that there is a red patch on his Ragdoll’s neck.

Without even looking at the patch, A said it was a bite mark from his female Ragdoll which refused to mate with him. I took another good look this time and it was definitely didn’t look like a bite wound but more like inflammation due to an infection. I had kept cats for many 6 years then and I certainly knew the difference between a bite wound and infection. Kenneth and I left with me shaking my head seeing the conditions of the cats.

One week passed, A called me and said that his wife’s friend had decided to take 2 kittens from him in which one of them being the one I liked. I told A it is ok since I did not give any confirmation about taking the kitten in the first place. Next A told me that he will be showing his cats in a cat competition organized by a local cat club which again I was surprised to hear that since that cat club does not practise allowing non-members to show their cats in their cat shows. A said he got an invitation letter from the cat club’s president himself. So, I rang up the President and the President said he had not send out any invitation letters to anyone which include A since the show is strictly for members only.

Knowing A’s background and his continuation of difficulty to telling the truth, I took this as an experience for me and advised potential buyers to be careful when dealing with such breeders. When I went to my regular pet shop one fine day to get my regular cat supplies, I saw some Maine Coon kittens in the shop. I knew the shop owner well and he had not put Maine Coons for sale before in which I asked him where did he got his stock and the shop owner replied that the kittens came from A. I am not surprise but I do felt disappointed for someone like A who self-proclaimed as a reputable breeder and putting his cats for sale as retail. I always believed that a proper screening needed to be done and only putting cats to good homes only. This clearly state that there are such breeders that had always go for the money rather than the welfare of the cats.

There were some irresponsible breeders whom had left their cats unattended for 1 whole week while he went overseas for festive holiday, offered to sell pregnant female cats to non-breeders, declawing their cats etc. It is indeed surprise to see such unethical breeders in our cat fancy here. My personal advises to all dear readers that:-

1. Choose only responsible breeders whom into the quality of the cats and not the money. Always check the breeder’s background!!

2. When looking for a pedigree cat, always NEVER look at the price and always go for the quality pedigrees. By supporting breeders like A, will only encouraging them to continue mass breeding their cats ignoring their general welfare and needs.

3. Never get a kitten or cat in impulse. Studythe breed first and understand their basic needs and temperament whether they can suit your lifestyle and not the other way around.

4. Do not get tempted by the words from a breeder. They should prove with facts (such as achievements of his/her cats under his prefix in cat shows) and not asking new owners to show their cats and let the judge to decide whether the cat is a Show Quality cats. A responsible breeder could tell which kittens have Show, Pet or Breeding qualities.

5. A breeder should encourage new owner to show their cats and not force them to do so. Remember that you paid for the kitten or cat every single cent.

6. Cats are not comodities and they should be bring in to this world with love and care and not for money! You are bringing a life into your home and the last thing you want that having an agressive, non-socialble and sick cat.

7. Ask a lot of questions to breeders, see here.

Lastly, to recognize a Backyard Breeder much closely, read here

Should you have queries about identifying a breeder, please leave a comment here and I will try my best to answer them