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5 July 2010 Kurilian Bobtail Breed Report for Inclusion at TICA Annual Board Meeting
Pursuant to Registration Rule 33.6.3.3 “The Preliminary New Breed Class Working Group Chair
shall provide an electronic report on the status of the breed development and other issues relevant
to the breed to the Genetics Committee, the Rules Committee, and the Executive Office for inclusion
in the Agenda at least 60 days prior to each Annual Meeting.” I am hereby providing such a report
on the Kurilian Bobtails.
First and foremost the Kurilian Bobtail breed group petitions TICA’s Board of Directors to
immediately advance the Kurilian Bobtail to full Championship status. A check in the amount of
$100 will accompany a hard copy of this report to TICA’s EO.
If TICA wants to be a truly International Cat Association then the BOD must accept the fact that
since the Kurilian Bobtail is a natural, native Russian breed of cat, the Kurilian Bobtail is more
popular in Russia and the Northern European region than it is in the United States.
The Kurilian Bobtail is not a contrived breed, it is a natural breed still found in the wild on the Kuril
Islands, it is also not a developing breed, outcrosses are not permitted and the look of the cat has
been stable in breeding for at least two decades. The Kurilian Bobtail is in full championship status
in three international associations: WCF since 1995; FIFe since 2004 and LOOF in September 2009.
The standard by which the Kurilian Bobtail is judged is not different in any of the three associations
in which it is accepted in championship status, and that same standard was presented to TICA in
2008. There were minor wording changes and variations in point totals made to conform to TICA
requirements.
As far as the numbers of Kurilian Bobtails registered in TICA there are 230 and the report can be
viewed as the following TICA document: kurilian_cat_reg_count.pdf
There have been 27 litters registered by a total of 13 different catteries, of those catteries only 5 are
in the US, the balance are in Russia. The report from TICA is in the following documents:
kurilian_litter_yrreg_count.pdf and kurilian_litter_cattery_list.xls
Overall litter registrations in TICA have fallen from a high in 2007 see Litter Registration Counts
by year registered in the agenda for the May BOD meeting, page 56.
Ths Kurilian Bobtail is being shown extensively in the Northern European region as well as in the
US. Since achieving PNB status May 1, 2008 there have been 69 unique cats shown; 30 of those
were shown in the 2009-2010 show year alone. There were 22 shows in the 2009-2010 season where
Kurilian Bobtails were exhibited, with 13 of those shows in Russia, one in Norway and 8 in the US.
The statistics can be viewed on the TICA document: Kurilian_ shown.pdf
The Shadow & Light Show June 28-29, 2008 was left out of the show report where one Kurilian
Bobtail was shown, Broshka Kurilkot, seen by PP/BB/ANG/EMS.
What TICA’s BOD seems to fail to understand is that the Russians network by showing their cats
and until the Kurilian Bobtail is advanced to championship status in TICA the Russians have no real
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reason to show their Kurilian Bobtails with TICA. It is especially difficult for them to register their
cats with TICA because of the language barrier, currency exchange issues and misinformation about
the use of other association pedigrees to document the cats. More have been registered with TICA
as they have been registered for shows, but the restriction that PNB must be registered with TICA
to be shown actually works against TICA because the breeders have the aforementioned difficulties.
We are in a world wide monetary recession and registrations of litters and cats is down by TICA’s
own documentation, now is not the time to insist on more litters and more registrations for a breed
that is already in championship status in three other international associations. Progress the Kurilian
Bobtail to full championship status and I believe that you will see an increase in litter registrations,
cat registrations, cattery registrations and quite possibly new memberships once the restrictions on
the Kurilian Bobtail are lifted.
Sharon Ann Paradis, Kurilian Bobtail Working Breed Group Chair
