American Cat Fanciers Association
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Formation | 1955 |
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Region served | United States |
Official language | English |
The American Cat Fanciers Association (ACFA) is an American
ACFA sanctioned cat shows include classes for championship adult cats, championship altered cats, registered kittens from the age of four to eight months, and household pet cats. Wins from licensed shows can be used to claim titles including championships and multiple championships, grand championships and multiple grand championships, and the household pet titles of Royal Household Pet and Supreme Household Pet.
ACFA is directly affiliated with the Cat Aficionado Association of China, who use the ACFA breed standards.[citation needed]
History
ACFA was founded in 1955 in the Dallas and Fort Worth area.[2] It was created by a group of cat fanciers desiring to show their cats in a democratic association, that is, one where individual members had voting rights on election of officers, acceptance of new show rules, by-laws and breed standards and acceptance of new breeds of cats.[2]
As of 2009, the ACFA officially recognized 68 different cat breeds, together with
See also
Notes
- ^ "Encyberpedia".
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4380-9207-2.
- .
- ISBN 978-0-12-805247-1, retrieved 2023-01-03
References
- allaboutdogsandcats.com Archived 2014-07-31 at the Wayback Machine