First Ladies and Gentlemen

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1. We met up with our humans Laura Lushington and Sonia Halliday while they were on a photographic tour in Central/Southern Asia. A very ancient breed, we are considered cultural treasures by both the Armenians and the Kurds; the Turks also claim us and forbid our export. We're... Armenian Spotted Cats Turkish Vans Persian Shorthairs Turkish Angoras

2. My human, Miss Cox of Devonshire, was intrigued by my wavy coat and started trying to breed more cats like me. My descendants today are the Devon Rex breed. My name was... Curly Kirlie Kallibunker Crizzlie

3. My human crossed Abyssinian and Siamese cats to try to develop a Siamese cat with ticked points. I was not at all what she was looking for! I was sold off as a pet, but my exotic beauty created such excitement that my breeder set to work developing others like me. My name is Tonga, and I'm a(n)... Ocicat Somali Egyptian Mau Bengal

4. Our humans, obviously jocular types, named us Tes, Ticle and Pusse. Hal and Tommie Meadow described us variously as native cats from Southeast Asia and as American-born Abyssinian cats. Passports and papers are full of conflicting details. They later claimed to have acquired us while Hal was on a secret CIA mission; he said he had to falsify our true story for security reasons. We don't know, and cat-loving humans are still yowling and spatting about the matter. We do resemble Abyssinians, but have our own appearance and appeal! We're the smallest registered breed of cat. We're... Singing Cats Somalis Singapuras Sokokes

5. My name is Blackberry. I was found in Louisiana hiding under a pickup truck. Fortunately, my kittens inherited my endearing appearance! Many assumed I would never found a breed because I look like some "orthopedically challenged" dog breeds, but in over 20 years this problem has never developed. I'm a... Munchkin Selkirk Rex Manx Sphynx

6. My name is Josephine. My human told several tales about my origin, some featuring space aliens, a car accident and/or secret genetic engineering by the FBI. Yeeks, what a character! When the leading cat associations were slow to accept me, she founded her own international cat organization and trademarked me to boot! I'm a(n)... American Bobtail Ragdoll LaPerm Munchkin

7. I'm Council Rock Farm Adams of HiFi, but just call me Adam. We're all good old-fashioned farm folks here! Despite the aristocratic moniker, I come of honest barn-cat parents and just lucked into a unique natural hairdo! I was born in New York and I'm the first gentleman of a delightful American breed! I'm a(n)... Sphynx LaPerm American Wirehair Selkirk Rex

8. Hi, I'm Miss dePesto, generally called Pest by my humans (who, me?) We barncat types seem to have a knack for developing exotic hairstyles! I was discovered living in a shelter in Montana, and I showed my American heritage by bearing my first litter on July fourth! I'm the original Selkirk Rex American Wirehair LaPerm Sphynx

9. Hi, my name's Pixie! I have this really wild charm, believed to be inherited from actual wild bobcats, but nowadays we have no detectable DNA of theirs, so we're all pet! I'm a(n)... Pixie-Lynx Pixie-Bob American Bobtail Western Bobtail

10. This breed of cat is apparently derived only from domesticated cat breeds, even though it looks very wild! (Note: these are all quite rare breeds. You will most likely never see one in your local shows!) Mojave Desert Spotted Cat Savannah Chausie California Spangled Cat