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I did not
translate the whole article, but the most interesting passages, because
it’s related to one of the biggest problem of Siberian breed now. The
aboriginal breed of Russia is almost gone because some people don’t see
the difference between cats that lived on our territories for hundreds of
years and ones brought from abroad a couple decades ago…
How Cats Became Siberian by Olga Mironova Magazine "Kot i Pyos" (Cat & Dog) read
the original
http://dobrota.perm.ru/brothers/cat/porods/95.html |
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We called Siberian colour-points – Neva Masquerade, storing our admiration of their garments into our words. Leningrad’s cat club “Kotofey” noticed them first, picked them out and received first generation of kittens. It was hard to pick up first producers because there were many of them. Among Leningrad’s population, significant contribution was made by male Mars SIN N 2133 and his multiple offspring. Moscow also had many excellent first cats, which were certified as Siberians according to their phenotype and entered selection fond of Neva Masquerade cats – Siberian Colour-Points. |