Traditional Persian

Yeah I couldn’t do it this year. I’d watched another Persian die while waiting for a nose operation and it just pissed me off at the breeders. They have so smashed the nose on that breed over the last 50 years (the poor cats used to have more of a nose they could actually breathe through, like the “traditional Persians” pictured above). I’m sitting there watching this group in the showring today and I just felt bad for the cats to have their physical characteristics altered to the point it wasn’t good for them. All to make some OCD cat owners happy.

Enormous Maine Coons, Ocelots mixed with wild cats, and god knows what other genetic malfeasance they’ve done to otherwise perfectly nice cats. Probably a lot of culling going on. Cats that spend their life in a cage churning out litters.

The dog world is just as screwed up. The latest craze is mixing very good dog breeds with a poodle so they don’t shed. Their personalities invariably get messed up. Ill tempered mutts good for nothing, but they don’t shed! Ears cropped, tails docked, man screwing up the poor dog just to please himself.

I don’t go as far as PETA, I think dogs, cats & humans overall are good for each other. But I do know that virtually all breeders are devoid of wisdom and bereft of compassion.