Catalina, you are right, all cats desert to be love whether they are pedigree or not. I have mixed breed pet cats that I love just as much as my pedigree cats. I keep pedigree Scottish Fold and British Shorthair mainly for showing and also I can say for definite that they are pure and pedigree cats.

Unless my cats come with pedigree certificate I cannot claim them as pedigree cats but they are not necessary not pure. In order for a cat to have a pedigree cert., both parents must have the cert. and the dam’s cert. with the breeder’s name in it and the breeder must register his or her cattery, then the litter born and finally the individual kitten. It is a long process and for some reasons, the breeder may choose not to register any of the above, resulting in the kitten without the certificate. Sometime it may be the cat association not approving the registration for some reason or another or the cert. get lost and etc.

I won’t discuss human issues but as a cat breeder, I think it is my duty to preserve the character and features of a breed. After all, it is its characters and features that initial you to buy, to keep and to breed it in the first place. I will breed a Burmese to a Burmese and not other breed. It is not mixed breed are no good in fact most hybrid cats are genetically better than pure breed. I found far too many irresponsible breeders claiming their mixed breed cats as pure breeds. It just spoils the reputation of that breed.