Scottish Fold, Highland Fold & Scottish Straight, Highland Straight
History of the Scottish Fold: The scottish fold saga begins in 1961, near Coupar Angus, a Scottish village. William Ross goes home. Passing by a neighboring cottage, his attention is attracted by a cat as he has never seen before. A cat with folded ears! As soon as he got home, William told his wife, Mary.
Intrigued, she wants to meet the phenomenon in turn. The next day, the Ross are in full discussion with the Mc Raes, who are the happy owners of the cat in question ... Who is actually a cat. She's called Susie.
His mother died recently in an accident, had the ears straight. His father is unknown. On the other hand the Mac Raes says there was another cat with ears folded in Susie's reach, which alas disappeared. With this information, William and Mary Ross leave with the promise that if Susie gives birth to a kitten with ears folded like her, the Mc Raes will give them them. Two years later the Ross host a little white cat called Snooks.
With the collaboration of Geneticist Peter Dyle, they discover the peculiarities of the breed: variable proportion of ears folded in the litters. Three weeks to know who is fold and possibility of genetic difficulty in the breed. From the earliest years of race, a study was conducted by the geneticist O. Jackson, who arrives at the following conclusions :
- the breed of two cats with folded ears produces 1/3 of kittens developing later lesions of the skeleton. On the other hand the breed of a Fold and a cat with straight ears give healthy kittens. It is this study that underpins the world-wide breeding guidelines. The first marriages are made with British Shorthair and farm cats. It is important to note the birth of medium-haired kittens in Snooks litters.
Unfortunately the Scottish fold's cahotic start made it a bad advertisement. The almighty Governing Council of the Cat Fancy, who at first recognized the Scottish fold, reverted to these positions and suppressed the Scottish fold's mention of a predisposition of the race to auricular parasites and deafness. Deafness was due to a high proportion of white cats and the Fold's ears were never susceptible to parasites! The breeding of the Scottish fold became a minority in the united kingdom. Fortunately in 1970 some specimens are sent to the United States ...
Joey, Judy and Hester all from the Denisla cattery are sent to U.S.A. Hester will live at Salle Peters, a pioneer of the breed in the United States.
In 1974 she founded "The International ScottishFold Association" and obtained the recognition of the breed by the inescapable Cat Fonciers Association thanks to the help of Karen Votava (Chatterie Bryric) and Dr. Rosemond Peltz.
At the end of the 1970s all American associations recognized the Scottish fold. Since the success of the breed at the U.S.A. is no longer to be demonstrated and does not stop at the show ring: a representative of the race has even become the hero of a novel.
In Europe we discovered the SCOTTISH FOLD in the 80's.
Scottish Duglas and Scarlette are the first Belgian Scottish. They are the parents of Brentwood of Brentwood drive a brown tabby and white matou that is the basis of many European Scottish.
Other American imports have influenced French and European breeding: Opium of kater; Catena's lacy of Maritza's, Nuggettes mc razz-m-tazz and the cats of the cattery Foldilock's that marked the breeding Switzerland. Mar de Barret liberty has furrowed the exhibitions, this pussy black and white van has contributed to the popularization of the breed, it is still very present in the hearts of judges.
Intrigued, she wants to meet the phenomenon in turn. The next day, the Ross are in full discussion with the Mc Raes, who are the happy owners of the cat in question ... Who is actually a cat. She's called Susie.
His mother died recently in an accident, had the ears straight. His father is unknown. On the other hand the Mac Raes says there was another cat with ears folded in Susie's reach, which alas disappeared. With this information, William and Mary Ross leave with the promise that if Susie gives birth to a kitten with ears folded like her, the Mc Raes will give them them. Two years later the Ross host a little white cat called Snooks.
With the collaboration of Geneticist Peter Dyle, they discover the peculiarities of the breed: variable proportion of ears folded in the litters. Three weeks to know who is fold and possibility of genetic difficulty in the breed. From the earliest years of race, a study was conducted by the geneticist O. Jackson, who arrives at the following conclusions :
- the breed of two cats with folded ears produces 1/3 of kittens developing later lesions of the skeleton. On the other hand the breed of a Fold and a cat with straight ears give healthy kittens. It is this study that underpins the world-wide breeding guidelines. The first marriages are made with British Shorthair and farm cats. It is important to note the birth of medium-haired kittens in Snooks litters.
Unfortunately the Scottish fold's cahotic start made it a bad advertisement. The almighty Governing Council of the Cat Fancy, who at first recognized the Scottish fold, reverted to these positions and suppressed the Scottish fold's mention of a predisposition of the race to auricular parasites and deafness. Deafness was due to a high proportion of white cats and the Fold's ears were never susceptible to parasites! The breeding of the Scottish fold became a minority in the united kingdom. Fortunately in 1970 some specimens are sent to the United States ...
Joey, Judy and Hester all from the Denisla cattery are sent to U.S.A. Hester will live at Salle Peters, a pioneer of the breed in the United States.
In 1974 she founded "The International ScottishFold Association" and obtained the recognition of the breed by the inescapable Cat Fonciers Association thanks to the help of Karen Votava (Chatterie Bryric) and Dr. Rosemond Peltz.
At the end of the 1970s all American associations recognized the Scottish fold. Since the success of the breed at the U.S.A. is no longer to be demonstrated and does not stop at the show ring: a representative of the race has even become the hero of a novel.
In Europe we discovered the SCOTTISH FOLD in the 80's.
Scottish Duglas and Scarlette are the first Belgian Scottish. They are the parents of Brentwood of Brentwood drive a brown tabby and white matou that is the basis of many European Scottish.
Other American imports have influenced French and European breeding: Opium of kater; Catena's lacy of Maritza's, Nuggettes mc razz-m-tazz and the cats of the cattery Foldilock's that marked the breeding Switzerland. Mar de Barret liberty has furrowed the exhibitions, this pussy black and white van has contributed to the popularization of the breed, it is still very present in the hearts of judges.