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15-03-2008, 12:59 PM
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Focus on "Kucing Malaysia" or "Malaysia Cat"
extract from Malaysian Cat Club website....
Focus on " KUCING MALAYSIA" or "MALAYSIA CAT" HOW IT STARTED: The idea to have a new cat breed for Malaysia started sometime in 1994. The question at the time was.... What should it be like? What would the genetic pattern be? Would it fulfill the definitions of a pure breed? A pure breed shall have the following characteristics: * A particular type which differs from any other breed, which be in the form of the body and head shape and size, ears and/or fur. * A standard variety of colors and patterns, * free from genetically and physical defects * of a documented origin (commonly called the pedigree), and * breeds true, meaning the offspring's MUST resemble the parents in both type and variety. How would we know what to choose to satisfy the above from the array of various type of cats available locally? There are a lot of look alike, the Burmese factor, the Siamese pattern, the Abyssinian ticking and there are the British and Exotic furs. There are a lot of defects, especially in the tail: kinks, knots, stumpies, longies and even bob-tails! So....... how do we start??? Opinions were seek from the various International judges that were here . For almost a year these were gathered, and finally Mrs. Alva Uddin , the President of the FIFe (Federation Of Internationale Feline) came out with the selection for the KUCING MALAYSIA or MALAYSIA CAT . Who would know better other that FIFe, as they are the International World Body in maintaining and regulating breed standards. WHY THAT PARTICULAR CHOICE ? The KUCING MALAYSIA or MALAYSIA CAT should be medium in size with close lying furs and an oval, egg shaped head and convex in profile: A common feature amongst our local cats. The colors should be that of the Siamese- the reason for the blue oval eyes- as these colors originated from, and are unique to these regions. The “with white” pattern was chosen due to it being commonly available in our local cats. The allowable base colors at the moment are seal-brown, blue, chock, lilac, red, cream and torties- agoutis included- with any amount of white. The proposed standards for the breed was drafted and submitted to FIFe board. Finally the breed was introduced to FIFe at its launching at the General Assembly in Kuching, Sarawak (state in Malaysia) on the 26 May 1996. As the cat was brought to the hall, enthusiasm from the conference delegates about the potential of this new proposed breed. WHEN WILL IT BE ? It takes 5 (five) generations before 15 specimens from at least 3 different generations can be presented to FIFe's Judges and LO Commission for verification. By then the defects would have been eliminated, the criteria met. Only then will the breed be presented to the General Assembly for recognition and endorsement. By a rough estimation, God Willing, it will be by the year of 2008. Kelab Kucing Malaysia or Malaysian Cat Club welcomes you to embark on this challenging and long journey to own a cat breed we can call our own. Malaysian Cat Club members are involved in the breeding project which should see us getting our targeted Kucing by the year 2005. If you think Kucing Malaysia describes just about any meowing feline in the country, please think again! Malaysian Cat Club members who are in the process of breeding a uniquely Malaysia cat will provided a totally different picture. The club has now produced the third generation of Kucing Malaysia through selective breeding. The results at the moment however are still less that 50 per cent perfect but are expected to get better as breeding is continued to produce the fourth generation. Malaysia Cat Club had purify the process even more and hopefully by the fifth generation MCC or KKM will be closer to getting the breed we want. The idea of a cat that could be identified with Malaysia came up at the end of 1994. Opinions were sought from the various International Judges that were in Malaysia. For almost a year, these were gathered and finally The FIFe 's President and also as the Board Member of the International World Body in maintaining and regulating breed standards, Mrs. Alva Uddin came out with the selection of Kucing Malaysia or Malaysia Cat. The Characteristics of Kucing Malaysia or Malaysia Cat GENERAL APPEARANCE The ideal Kucing Malaysia or Malaysia Cat is a medium sized cat with medium boned muscular body. The main feature will be the egg shaped head and together with the openness of the eyes, should give the characteristic alert appearance of the breed. HEAD Wide and rounded at the top with a good height and soft round lines. Full cheeks, medium long nose with medium strong chin. Profile showing a gentle convex curve giving an oval impression. EYES Medium sized, almond in shape with a good width set; giving an open alert expression. Color should be blue or blue green with bleu preferred. COAT Short and close lying, silky with nearly no undercoat. EARS Medium in size, slightly rounded tips with good width between. Flaring out a little and with a slight tilt forward. BODY Medium in length and broad chest, with good depth and strong muscle tone. High legs, medium to slender in size (more slender for females) with slightly oval paws. TAIL Medium thick with a rounded tip, of medium length and up to the shoulder blades. Tail should be full colored. COLORS All colors recognized in the Pointed patterns with white. A white blaze in the face and muzzle is desirable.  
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16-03-2008, 06:34 AM
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Why would Malaysian people (pet buyers) be interested in something which they (not considering the finer points) think they can find in a kampung? No - most prefer something novel, I guess. Which explains why the siamese was such a hit in the western world - totally unlike anything they'd seen. Also (I cringe to say it) to own something novel has an element of prestige. Which is probably why LH are so popular in S E Asia and always have been. The Kucing Malaysia, on the other hand, would have some novelty factor to the west.......except that TICA has the snowshow, which is very similar, if 'manufactured'.
An experimental programme requires keeping a lot of cats (which is expensive) and it creates a lot of lives for which you have to find homes. If the K.M. programme has been abandoned, I can understand it. I remember being asked to help at the very beginning with the Malaysiana - the standard was for a medium framed cat, I think - and a black mackeral tabby. A fellow (UK) judge and I suggested that it'd be better to work on something truly typical of your country - not similar to already existing western cats. (Malaysiana standard as proposed almost described a tabby European SH)
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17-03-2008, 12:30 PM
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  This 2 kittens was advertised for sale way back to 2005 as the Malaysian Cat. Is this how they suppose to look?
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17-03-2008, 01:59 PM
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that should be it... erm..i think..i quite hard to register 'malaysiana' in CFA since it;s look resembles SNOWSHOE.. 
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17-03-2008, 02:11 PM
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I bet the kittens now being 2 years old must have changed the color of it's coat. Pity we can't see this Malaysian Cat mature. I dont see any of these cats in any Kuching petshop nowadays.
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17-03-2008, 02:33 PM
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Or maybe this (mommy cat)?
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17-03-2008, 04:10 PM
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Well Maybe I would say it be nice things to start up a new breed.. But Maybe we should be back to basic... WHY we need to start up a new breed? For the sake of our cat in malaysia? and for the fame?
and Izzit this breed a PURE breed? and how do you determine is a pure BREED? and is there any genetic illness and also defect in this BREED going to start. And do we have the health and genetic expertise to determine all above... Coz is just like why we wanna breed at the first place....? Well all this are just my personal opinion.... ~DoInk aka KeN~
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18-03-2008, 02:27 AM
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Good candidate to join K.M. program After all Kucing Malaysia standard call up for all pointed colour with white spotted gene.
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18-03-2008, 02:43 AM
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Somehow, both are true 
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18-03-2008, 11:24 AM
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But, but...that's not a snowshoe - they're SH!
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