Policy and Guidance Statements

* Breeding of Domestic & Non-Domestic Cats

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The Breeding of Domestic and Non-Domestic Cats

The Cat Fanciers' Association's (CFA) board of directors unanimously approved a policy statement at their February 7-8, 1998 meeting in Houston, Texas. In passing the policy statement the board reconfirmed that the association is a registry of Felis catus species of domestic cats.

The CFA policy statement on the breeding of domestic and non-domestic cats reads as follows:

The Cat Fanciers' Association, Inc., does not encourage or promote the breeding of non-domestic (wild) cats of any species to any domesticated cats.

Furthermore, The Cat Fanciers' Association, Inc. will not consider for registration the offspring of such a breeding.

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