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What is the CFA Cattery organization?

The CFA Cat Association, the abbreviation of The Cat Fanciers’ Association, INC., is a non-profit organization registered in the United States and was established in early 1906. At first, CFA was just a small organization. Today, CFA has become the organization with the largest number of registered purebred cats in the world. Currently, CFA holds more than 400 cat shows around the world every year, with more than 30 cat breeds participating.

The purpose of the establishment of CFA:

1. To improve the welfare of all cats; 2. To promote and improve cat breeds recognized by CFA; 3. To register cats; 4. To formulate and promulgate Cat show rules; 5. Issue cat shows conducted under CFA rules; 6. Improve the welfare of breeders and participating cats;

CFA competition rules:

CFA is currently the world’s The largest purebred cat registration organization, the CFA cat show, in addition to the CFA registered cat group, also has a domestic cat group, so that non-CFA registered cats can also participate in the exhibition, thereby promoting the welfare of cats. The following brief introduction hopes to give everyone a preliminary understanding of the CFA competition system. In the CFA Cat Show, cats compete in four categories: 1. Kitten Category (Kitten) Kittens aged four to eight months and registered with CFA. 2. Adult cat group (Championship): unneutered adult cats eight months or above and registered with CFA. 3. Neutered cat group (Premiership): neutered adult cats eight months or above and registered with CFA. In the adult cat group and the neutered cat group, cats will be divided into Open Class, Campion/Premier and Grand Champion/Grand Premier for competition.