Love the Persian’s sweet, docile personality, but don’t want to deal with the hassle of keeping its coat tangle-free? Consider owning an Exotic Shorthair, also known as the Exotic. The breed is nearly ...

Maine's official state cat, this gentle giant, is one of the largest cat breeds, weighing up to 18 pounds. In fact, it's so big that some folks once believed it was a cross between a cat and a raccoon ...

Other names: Domestic shorthair (although they are not the same) Life expectancy: 15-20 years Size: Between 6–15 lb in weight and up to 12–15 inches in length Coat: Tabby, solid, or tortoiseshell, and ...

American Bobtails are one of those rare cat breeds you won’t find on every block. Originally bred in Iowa in the late 1960s, the cat that started it all was actually a stray from Arizona with a blunt, ...

Carol Rothfeld of Elkton knows a show cat when she sees one. She and husband Michael have been breeding pedigreed show cats and photogenic felines since 1980. It was a pre-Internet world in Staten ...

American Shorthair cats are up there for being one of the oldest cat breeds in the United States. It’s believed that British Shorthairs were used to breed American Shorthair cats, with the first ...

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