A new breed of cat...*sigh*

[Freedom]

No Karen, it was planned. Here is a link with info:

http://www.pictures-of-cats.org/elf-cat.html

This is an entirely new breed of cat at 2008; a deliberate hybridization of two well known cats, the Sphynx and the American Curl. The result, as expected, is an extremely interesting hairless, curly eared cat. This breed is at the early stages of development and is yet to be recognized by the cat associations.

The creators of this new breed of cat are Karen Nelson and Kristen Leedom, who have 16 years of combined knowledge and experience in the breeding of Sphynx cats.

Being a hybrid of the Sphynx and American Curl this cat has the characteristics of both.

Karen and Kristen have drafted a breed profile for their cat (see below).

[Freedom]

Different ears on the elf Cat here:

http://elfkittens.com/about_us

[Karen]

Okay, thanks for the info.

[moosmom]

I'm fascinated and pissed off at the same time. While I think it's a beautiful breed, I think of all the shelter animals who will die, because someone wants a designer cat and will spend outrageous amounts of money for the pleasure of saying they have one. That IS until they realize that these kinds of cats are HIGH MAINTENANCE and they are very vocal and attached to their humans.

Why can't people just leave well enough alone??

ADOPT A SHELTER PET!!!

[GILL]

I'm with with you donna.

[karlyb]

I went to the links and read that prices for a "pet" cat start at $2000 and a "show quality" cat runs higher. That could buy over a year's worth of cat food and kitty litter for my crew.

[moosmom]

Karlyb,

My sentiments exactly.