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7/10/10

Hi Norman:

How are you? I haven't heard from you in a while. I hope everything is fine. I appreciate your help.

I'm still doing research on the Chinese White.
I wanted to know is the Chinese White the same breed as the Shandong Lion Cat?

Here's links to info on the Chinese White:
http://www.messybeast.com/breeds-c.htm
http://cat-chitchat.pictures-of-cats.org/2008/10/chinese-cat-breeds.html
http://members.shaw.ca/bjbelanger/China.htm

Some people I know posted pics of what I assume is a Chinese White:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/pervertburger/cat.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/MAvericker/S6000684.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/MAvericker/S6000169.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/MAvericker/S6000169.jpg

Here's links to pics and info on the Shandong Lion Cat:
http://www.kupet.cn/html/chongwupinzhong/chongwumiao/changmaomiao/2009/0717/717....
http://bbs.pxtx.com/topic-65644.aspx
http://www.tbg.org.tw/tbgweb/cgi-bin/view.cgi?forum=36&topic=483

Can you please confirm if the Chinese White is the same breed as the Shandong Lion Cat?

I have friends from Taiwan and found some web links to confirm the Dragon Li cat is found in Taiwan. If you are interested I'll post links and info about that.

Please help me out-thank you. :)

Jason G.


Answer
Jason,

This is going to take me quite a while to research and answer.  However, the Cat Fanciers' Association, inc. has accepted the <Dragon> Li Hua breed from China as a miscellaneous breed.

I am anxious to get to handle my first one.

Check out:  http://www.catrealm.org/cat-breeds/dragon-li-cat.php

Best regards... Norm.  

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I can answer most non-veterinary questions about cats. My particular expertise is pedigree cats, breeding and showing. However, I am versed in feline behavior, cat breeds and their characteristics, general feline husbandry, and the like.

Experience

I judged for the Canadian Cat Association from 1975 until 1982. I am currently an approved allbreed judge for the Cat Fanciers'' Association (the world''s largets cat registry), and have been judging for them since 1991. I have been breeding pedigreed cats since 1971 and have been exhibiting pedigreed cats in shows since 1970. I obtained my first pedigreed cat in 1970 and have never looked back. In 1971, I obtained my first Abyssinian which has become my primary breed. In addition, I have bred Manx and Persians. Currently, besides the Abyssinians, I am also breeding Maine Coons.


Organizations
Cat Fanciers'' Association, inc. (CFA) and the Manx, Maine Coon, and Abyssinian breed councils. I am currently Abyssinian breed council secretary.

Publications
Cat Fancy Magazine, The Abyssinian Chapter in The Cat Fanciers'' Association Complete Cat Book, and Articles for various editions of The Cat Fanciers'' Association Yearbook

Education/Credentials
I received a B.S. from Drexel University in 1968, a M.Math from University of Waterloo, in 1970, a Ph.D. from University of Waterloo in 1975, and a MBA from McMaster University in 1980. I received my approved allbreed judging status in the Cat Fanciers'' Association in 1999.

Awards and Honors
We have produced a number of Cat Fanciers'' Association (CFA) National winning Abyssinian and Maine Coons. We have produced a number of Abyssinian and Maine Coon Distinguished Merit females (an award for a top producing cat), including the first Distinguished Merit Abyssinian in the red (sorrel) color. I am the CFA Abyssinian breed council secretary and belong and/or hold office in a number of cat clubs. I am also a member of the CFA Judges Association.

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