CURRENT NEWS

OPEN DAY

The Ocicat Club held an Open day on 15th May 2011. The Club welcomed many breeders, owners and judges and discussions were held on the Ocicat and Ocicat Classic breeds with the focus being on the 'wild look'.

Two of the breeders the Club were happy to welcome as exhibitors were Frank and Karin Mandix. Frank wrote a lovely article on his blog after the day, along with some of the pictures of the cats he took and we are pleased he found the day interesteding and informative.

To read Frank's blog click here

MARY KALAL

We announce with great sadness the loss of Mary Kalal on 11th April 2011.

Mary was our Vice President, long standing Club member and staunch supporter of our breed from its arrival in the UK, much respected Judge, and dear friend who will be greatly missed.

OCICAT CLASSICS - 2011

The Ocicat Classic was granted Provisional Recognition at the Council Meeting of the
Governing Council of the Cat Fancy in February 2011. This means they can be shown for Intermediate Certificates from the start of the next show year.

Well done and thank you to all the breeders and owners who made this possible by exhibiting their lovely cats!

OCICAT CLASSICS

The Ocicat Classic was given Preliminary Recognition at the Council Meeting of the
Governing Council of the Cat Fancy in October 2008. This meant they could be shown for Merit Certificates as soon as it was practical for Show Managers to include them in their Show schedules. The first Show where this became possible was the Short Hair Cat Society Show on January 10th 2009.

In order to progress to the next stage, Provisional Recognition, one major requirement is that there have to be at least 15 Ocicat Classics with 4 Merit Certificates apiece, each from a different Judge, and no more than two to be obtained as a kitten.