This is a serious question. Is it just trolls trying to start rumors or something? Seriously, how does that even make sense? Of course there are different types of breeds, it's just silly to think otherwise. So, seriously, where did this myth come from? If you believe it, why do you believe it?
Just a few quotes from various sources...
"A cat whose ancestry is formally registered is called a purebred cat, or a pedigreed cat. A purebred cat is one whose ancestry contains only individuals of the same breed. A pedigreed cat is one whose ancestry is recorded, but may have ancestors of different breeds.
The list of cat breeds is quite large: most cat registries actually recognize between 30 and 40 breeds of cats," -
"The idea of the pedigree, used to trace and confirm the lineage of an animal, became popular as people began to take pride in their unusual or particularly unique cats. Many years before the unusual variations in cats were studied by the scientific community, pedigrees were found to be valuable in providing insights into the predictability of matings. It was not long before the term "pedigreed" became the equivalent of the phrase "pure bred."
Here we are today, with a wealth of "pure breeds" of cats. Many breeds are the result of the cross breeding of known breeds to create another - usually a breed that combines the best characteristics of the parent breeds into one. Some breeds are the result of interest around a unique attribute such as tailessness (the Manx) or folded ears (the Scottish Fold). " -
"Specialty Purebred Cat Rescue (SPCR) is a 501c3 non-profit organization in southeastern Wisconsin founded in 1999. We are proud of our 10 years of work, finding quality homes for abandoned/surrendered purebred cats!" -
Well of course there's cat breeds but the term "purebred" is not used with them - they're called PEDIGREED because their lineage can be traced back several generations.
FACT is though, most cats aren't ANY breed - they're simply "domestics" - cats of no particular breed. Cats were domesticated THOUSANDS of years ago and breeds only established in the last 100 or so. So most cats aren't a breed or even a mix of breeds - they're simply domestics.
No clue which "Turkish Van" question you're telling us to go look at. What was said/asked? Most likely someone thinking their cat was a Turkish Van. The Van is a VERY rare breed. You don't stumble upon one - there's very few breeders.
Ok, Santa Percy is just plain wrong here. I realize probably very few people actually read the comments but it's seriously annoying to have such nonsense spewed about. Who would vote for this? Do your research. Pedigree has nothing to do with beinspeciality cat pure breed rescueg "purebred". S/he is just ignorant.
My opinion of this is that breeds are merely man-made things. All cats are essentially of the same species. Therefore, humans decide what a breed is. And they set the rules. So really, breeds are definition and certain experts will say they can decide whether your animal belongs to it or not. And such standards may actually vary from expert to expert.
Well, they crossed Siamese with Pesian and came up with the Himalayan, which bred true. That's how breeds are developed-- the goal is to get all the kittens to breed true to the new form with no throwbacks. Viola--new breed.
Sometimes it's a spontaneous mutation that breeds true -- Devon rex, Cornish rex, Munchkins, American curl and Japanese bobtail are all these. Viola--new breed.
It's up to the Cat Fancy to recognise what a new breed is and to approve it for show, once the basics are sorted out like coat color, bonestructure, ear set, etc. are standardised.
There is no 'myth', it's all laid out in fact.
not sure i understand your question.
if you find males and females with no ears. you breed them. the kittens have no ears. you continue to breed. you just developed a breed. this fact will be registered as a breed with the people who show cats.
so, breeds exists.
domestic breed confuses everyone, that might be what you mean. 99 % of cats descended from an African breed of wild cat. they do not have a breed. the term domestic, means no one knows what his parents were. every body thinks their cat is part whatever. and all the purists on here point out, mosts cat do not have a breed. as breeds were developed , in most cases, by man.
one could argue there are no true pure bred cats, as all where combined with other breeds. the only pure bred would be the direct descendants of the African wild cat.
you could argue there are no Americans, too. we all came from somewhere else. even the Indians, but what would be the point? to win a trivia contest?
i have a pure bred moggy, a cats a cat in my opinion, its people who are stupid for being told this cat is a pedigree and there for we will charge ￡400 for this cat because it is a pedigree after all. You get short haired cats, long haired cats, some with no hair. Some cats with short legs, cats that grow bigger than the average cat and some with "special" markings and at the end of the day you still end up with a cat. And its all man made, and why? They all have the same thing in common which is people wanting to make a profit, and people fall for it because they think that cat is more special than another, i saw a woman on t.v a few months ago who lived in america who had managed to breed a cat that had no furspeciality cat pure breed rescue and no claws and this to her was "beautiful". The thing looked like it was diseased, the disturbing thing is shes not the only one.
There are breeds of cats, there are breeds of dogs, there are breeds of horses. Breeds are man-made, and are "backed up" by pedigree, proving that way back, the animal's parents, grand parents, great grand parents, were that breed. Cats of no particular breed are called moggies or domestic short hairs, dogs are mutts, horses are called grade horses. Man created the breeds for a specific use or look. Nature created the original. Generally are most popular cat breeds revolve around a natural mutation or local variation. You can say that Nature created them also. The Manx, the Siamese, the Signapura, the Turkish Angora, the Siberian - all of these "breeds" were/are naturally occurring variants. People saw them, selectively bred them, and a new "breed" was formed.
Crossing two random breeds of cats does not make a new breed. There are specific rules governing new breeds in both CFA and TICA, and it takes years, careful record keeping, and many breeders to even get a new crossing accepted as a provisional breed - sort of a trial status. That's how Ragdolls became a breed. Most of them sort of go by the wayside, as the "breed" doesn't have enough redeeming features to make it into the mainstream, and it quietly goes away.
So there is a sort of reverse snobbishness with some of the people who don't/won't own purebred cats. The make up such a small portion of the population that it really is the proverbial tempest in the teapot. Energies would be better spent spreading the word about the need to spay and neuter, actually take *care* of the cats that people have, and supporting your local shelter.
I've got all purebreds - Siamese and Cornish Rex - and don't feel the least bit guilty. And I can promise you that with my 15+ years of Siamese rescue work, I've done more to help the general cat population than the people on here putting down those that desire a purebred cat.
I see where you are going with this.
I have BARN CATS that most would say are of ''no specific breed'' - UTTER NONSENSE !
They are a breed onto themselves. They have records dating back at least 10 generations and have been selectively bred for the purpose that they serve. And most of the registered breeds of cats certainly never existed as wild cats - they are a result of humans messing with Nature. Breeding is just a polite way of saying abomination.
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