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Resource Articles & Links

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Show Planning and Production

• A Guide to Planning a CFA Cat Show
• Entry Clerking: The Nontechnical Aspects

Recommended Books

• A Comprehensive listing of cat related books

Promoting Your Cattery

• Setting Up a Basic Web Site

Animal Hoarding & CFA Breeder Assistance Program

• Understanding Animal Hoarding & Its Impact - CFA
• Anmal Hoarding - describes research being done by the H.A.R.C. (Hoard of Anmals Research Consortium) Tufts University
• People Who Hoard Animals - Psychiatric Times
• Hoarding Fact Sheet - Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Older Adults Services Division
• Lawmakers tackle animal hoarding - JAVMA News (AVMA)
• CFA Breeder Assistance Program - assisting breeders who find themselves overwhelmed

Feline Health Links & Mailing Lists

• Feline Health Related Links
• Feline Diabetes
• PKD
• Feline Lymphoma

Historical Breed Information

• Abyssinian Breed History:
  • Part 1: From the Early Beginings to 1950
  • Part 2: From 1951 to 1960
  • Part 3: From 1961 to 1970
  • Part 4: From 1971 to 1980
  • Part 5: From 1981 to 1990
  • Part 6: From 1991 to 2000
  • Part 7: From 2001 to 2007
• American Curl Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1998)
• Balinese Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1997)
• Birman Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1998)
• British Shorthair Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1995)
• Burmese Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1997)
• Colorpoint Shorthair - CFA Colorpoint Shorthair Breed Council (Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1992))
• Cornish Rex Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1999)
• Devon Rex Cat Fanciers' Almanac (2000)
• Exotic Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1996)
• Havana Brown Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1998)
• Japanese Bobtail Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1997)
• Javanese Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1994)
• Korat Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1998)
• Maine Coon Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1997)
• Manx Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1995)
• Ocicat History - CFA Ocicat Breed Council
• Ocicat Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1996)
• Persian - The Blue Persian Cat Society, U.K.
• Persian Breed History - CFA Persian Breed Council
• Persian - Bi-Color Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1978)
• Persian - Bi-Color Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1991)
• Persian - Bi-Color Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1998)
• Persian - Himalayan Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1999)
• Persian - Smoke Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1995)
• Persian - Solid Color Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1995)
• Persian - Parti-Color Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1996)
• Russian Blue Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1994)
• Scottish Fold Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1999)
• Singapura Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1996)
• Somali Cat Fanciers' Almanac (2000)
• Turkish Angora Cat Fanciers' Almanac (1994)

Breed Specific Mailing Lists - Subscription Info

There are many breed specific mailing lists with purposes ranging from general discussion to pedigree reserach to health issues. You'd be best to search Yahoo for a list that suits your purposes.

Pedigrees and Linechasing

• All Breed Linechasers
• Persian Linechasers
• Cat Pedigrees
• Abyssinian Pedigree Search
• Abyssinian & Somali Database
• Maine Coon Linechasing List
• Persian Linechasers List (also Exotic)
• Studbook Fanciers Association - With reliance upon the Studbook Assn of America, this list is for those wishing to gather or post Pedigree information concerning purebred Persian & Exotic SH cats. (restricted List)

Genetics

• Genetic Slide Presentation - Coat Color and Pattern Genetics of the Domestic Cat - a series of 51 slides by Nan Hampton, Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
• Inbreeding and Linebreeding
• Inbreeding and Genetics - Heather E. Lorimer
• Pros and Cons of Inbreeding - Sarah Hartwell
• We Are Siamese If You Please - Dr/ Sue Ann Bowling, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Abyssinian Color Inheritance Chart
• Solid Color and Dilutes - Heather E. Lorimer
• Color Charts - CFA
• CFA Color Prefixes
• Mailing List: Gene-poole - for the discussion of all types of feline genetics.

Travelling with your Cat

• On the Move!
• Airline Carriers for Onboard Travel
• Absorbant Pads - Samsonite

Import/Export Regulations

• International Animal Export Regulations - USDA/AP
• Importations of Domestic Cats into Canada - Government of Canada
• Importing Cats into France - U.S. Embassy of France - regulations changed 11/02
• Japan - Animal Quarantine Service - IMPORTANT NOTE: Quarantine rules changed for Japan effective November 6, 2004
• U.S. State and Territory Animal Import Regulations - USDA APHIS Veterinary Services
• International Animal Import Regulations for USA - USDA/VS - FORMS
• Importation of Pets and Other Animals Into the United States - National Center For Infectious Diseases, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine

Quarantine Regulations Worldwide

• Importing Cats into Britain from Canada and the USA
• Importing Cats into France - U.S. Embassy of France
• Hawaii Animal Quarantine Laws - Hawaii Department of Agriculture
• Due Credit - Let's Give Responsible Breeders the Credit They Deserve - Cat Fanciers' Association(CFA)
• National Pet Alliance
• San Diego County Survey/Analysis of Pet Population - National Pet Alliance
• San Francisco SPCA Report on Cat Licensing - San Francisco SPCA
• San Mateo County Pet Overpopulation Ordinance - National Pet Alliance
• The Animal Council - The Animal Council/National Pet Alliance
• Why Not Coercive Legislation - Cat Fanciers' Association(CFA)
• Your Cat Is Safer Indoors - Cat Fanciers' Association(CFA)

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Our list of Feline Health Related Links has enlarged beyond our wildest expectations, and the listing has outgrown this page. It can now be found on it's own page at:

http://www.netcat.org/links.html

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