Annette Wilson, chair

Each Breed Council Member will receive a Cattery Report at no cost. Central Office expects to have the reports completed and emailed over the months of August through October. If there are any questions about the information ON the report, please contact Lisa Brault in Central Office: LBrault@cfa.org

Barbara Jaeger, chair

The CFA Breed Awareness and Orientation School is being held in conjunction with the CFA International Cat Show & Expo in Cleveland, Ohio, October 12-14. Registration will be open until October 1, 2023 or until 30 Registrations are received. The classroom portion of the school will be held in the Crown Plaza Hotel and the handling portion will be held in the IX Center (showhall). If you have questions, please contact Barbara.jaeger911@gmail.com.  

Reminder, you don’t have to want to be a CFA Judge to attend. You may just want to learn more about our 46 breeds.

Complete information is available on this flyer

1st In-Person CFA Breed Awareness and Orientation School since COVID

Barbara Jaeger, BAOS chair

August 24 – 27, 2023 was the site of the first In-Person BAOS since Covid. The Hong Kong Black Cat Club with Phebe Low, and the region sponsored this very successful event in conjunction with a show and Regional Awards Banquet.

We had 38 participants in the BAOS from 8 different countries with the first two days committed to in- classroom training and Saturday and Sunday dedicated to handling. Our instructors, CFA AB Judges, Anne Mathis, Barbara Jaeger, Melanie Morgan provided detailed information to the attendees. CFA AB Judges, Suki Lee and Nick Pun assisted with the in-class and handling portions of the school. 

This whole event was in conjunction with the show and a Pet Fair dedicated to cats. More than 100,000 visitors were in attendance throughout the weekend with many vendors of specialized cat grooming and food products. 

Thanks to Matthew Wong, CFA International Division Representative, Phebe Low, Hong Kong Black Cat Club and Suki Lee for their commitment to the event and representing CFA so admirably. 

CFA Legislative

Kelly Crouch, CFA Legislative Information Liaison

New Texas Regulations in the Works

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and its governing board, the Texas Commission on Licensing and Regulation, are about to engage in the rulemaking process, not once but twice, to adopt new rules for the state's Licensed Breeder Program. At the September 1, 2023, Licensed Breeder Advisory Committee meeting , the committee discussed why rule changes were needed. This year's enacted Senate Bill 876, which reduced the licensing threshold and expanded the dog breeder exemptions, along with a change in fees, group record-keeping provisions, and general housekeeping issues necessitate the first proposed rule change. These rules must be expedited since affected breeders must be licensed by January 1, 2024. The committee provided its advisory vote to approve the draft of the proposed rules. Next, the Department will publish a Summary of Proposed Rule changes in the Texas Register on September 22. Then, public comments will be accepted until October 23. Instructions are available here.

Informative presentations about the Texas Administrative Procedure Act, including the rulemaking process, Open Meetings Act, and Public Information Act, were presented during the meeting for fanciers wishing to review that information. The committee will meet again on November 1, 2023.

The timeline mandated by SB 876 requires handling the second rulemaking effort dealing with recent changes to the federal standards regulation separately. The 2011 Licensed Dog and Cat Breeders Act mandates that state rules meet the federal regulations at a minimum. Thus, state rules must be updated when federal regulations change. Remember, nothing prevents the state from exceeding federal regulations and possibly opening the door to prohibitive barriers to licensing. These rule changes are expected to take longer and would delay those required by SB 876. The federal regulations are in The Animal Welfare Act and Animal Welfare Regulations "Blue Book". The section dealing with standards is 9 C.F.R. Part 3, Subpart A; it starts on page 126.

Information about the Texas Licensed Breeders Program is available at the TDLR website.

CFA Breeder Assistance/Breeder Rescue Programs

Charlene Campbell

CFA Animal Welfare - CFA Breeders Assist & Breed Rescue Program VP 

We want to share this article especially for all the new folks, it is very beneficial when planning your cattery capacity. This is a helpful guide.

Cattery Basic Time Management Tips

University of Florida, College of Veterinary

This was a study presented by Dr. Kate Hurley, DVM, MVPM, director Koret Shelter Medicine Program, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, “Professional Standards of Care for Animal Shelters”. (I am sure you can contact Dr. Kate Hurley for more information. I do not think it is an AR type study issue). 

complete report continues here

EveryCat Health Foundation

submitted by Virginia Rud

A list of our honored donors for the month of August is   available here

Tax Tips with George Eigenhauser

If a disaster were to strike your home or business tomorrow, would you be able to recover your important documents and records? 

Whether you have been impacted by a fire, flood, earthquake, hurricane, or other natural or man-made calamity, IRS Tax Tip 2023-107 “Keeping vital records safe can make disaster recovery easier” offers suggestions for taxpayers trying to reconstruct their important papers following a catastrophic event. 

You can order copies of your past tax documents including transcripts of past tax returns, wage, and other records using the “Get Transcript” link on IRS.gov. The IRS notes that bank, credit card, or other financial documents may be obtainable online or you can order paper copies. 

Homeowners may be able to obtain records from tax assessors or other government agencies. Title companies, escrow companies, or your bank may have documents relating to your real estate. Insurance companies may also be a source of records. 

For more information visit: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/keeping-vital-records-safe-can-make-disaster-recovery-easier

REMINDER - EveryCat 2023 Cures4Cats Giving Campaign

EveryCat Health Foundation’s 2023 “Cures4Cats” Giving Campaign focusing on Feline Diabetes is in progress! EveryCat is highlighting this disease to help inspire further commitment to cat health research since there is still so much to learn. And *Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. is matching $40,000 of donations in support of the campaign! Help us maximize their match!

Make your gift on or before October 1st at 

https://everycat.salsalabs.org/felinediabetescampaign0/index.html

The 2023 CFA Annual EveryCat Symposium is Now Available!

You can find the transcript, plus a video with the audio recording and the presentation slides at this link.

We are grateful to the Veterinary Information Network (VIN) and the founder of VIN, Dr. Paul Pion for their support and sponsorship and for helping put this video together. Thank you to everyone who attended in person!

EveryCat Information and Swag available for cat shows

If you’d like to share EveryCat information and swag at your upcoming cat show, show organizers can request items to share with exhibitors and/or attendees!

Send your request to vrud@everycat.org

Include the following information:

• Date(s) of show
• Expected number of exhibitors and attendees
• Contact person email and physical mailing address
• “Required by” date

Please send requests at least 3 weeks in advance of “required by” date!

Items available include: EveryCat brochures, printed Research Updates, can lids, Save Our Cat window clings, fun stickers for kids! 

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Sharon Roy, Regional Director

The NAR celebrated their Regional in August.

Spotlight Exhibitor of the year - Liz Blanc.

NAR New Exhibitor- Cynthia Ryther

Clerk of the year- Bob Clark

Special NAR Lifetime Achievement Award Sharyn Hauck.

Saratoga Springs was a beautiful location for the event. I thank all the

people in Region 1 that helped. Special Thanks To Keith Kimberlin for

managing the show, Cynthia Ryther for managing all of the pre show with

the Civic Center, Sarah Thornton for fundraising and Andie Hantz for our

unique awards.

John Colilla, Regional Director

Great Lakes Great Maine September 2-3, 2023

Bethany Colilla

Great Lakes Great Maines held their show on September 2-3, 2023. It was dedicated to the memory of lost club members Kristine Meilstrup along with Joel and Camelle Chaney. 

The hot weekend didn’t stop the almost 200 entries from supporting the club and show. They had great gate come in both days to help cheer for their favorite cat costumes. Saturday’s crowd favorite was the Runaway Bride and Sunday was the Cat and his Mouse. 

We held a Maine Coon Cat Summit where all Maine Coons competed against each other over all the classes to see who would be the Highest Scoring Maine Coon Cat in show. The Maine Coon exhibitors enjoyed getting a chance to see all the Maine Coons in one place at the same time. Congratulations to the following Maine Coons and their owners: 

Highest Scoring Maine Coon Kitten: Highlander Athens of Mainedalore 

Highest Scoring Maine Coon Cat: GC Paleeni’s Teto of Angtini 

Highest Scoring Maine Coon in Premiership: GC, GP Believers Rikker of Rendezmew 

Overall Highest Scoring Maine Coon Cat: GC Paleeni’s Teto of Angtini 

We had a great show and look forward to having another Maine Coon Cat Summit again next Labor Day Weekend. See you all there! 

Sacred Cat of Burma August 26-27, 2023

Staci Taylor

The Sacred Cat Of Burma Fanciers CFA show was held the weekend of August 26-27, 2023 in Medina, Ohio. This show was a very special one for this club, as it celebrated its 50 year milestone! The show this year was also near and dear to the heart, as it was dedicated to the memory of Julie Collins and Thomas McIlrath, Two long standing members of the club. The show had an awesome raffle table, with so many wonderful items to win. One of the things we always look forward to about this location is the delicious homemade food prepared with lots of love.

The show hall was nice and spacious and beautifully decorated. We had the amazing Larry Johnson, ready to take pictures, tons of spectators, and as always stunning cats, especially the Birmans! Thank you to all the judges who handled our babies with care, and of course thank you to all the exhibitors who entered and supported the show.

Last, but not least, a huge shout out to the club members for all their hard work in putting on a successful show! 50 years is such an amazing accomplishment and it speaks volumes about the love and dedication you have for the breed. Next year cannot come soon enough!

Thank you to all involved!!

Michael Shelton, Regional Director

Cat owners in Maui are still working through the devastation caused by the recent fires. This recovery will be a long-term effort. In addition to the many cats displaced when their homes were destroyed, there were local rescues managing feral cat colonies through trap-neuter-release programs, and their veterinary facilities have been lost. It will take time and dedication to rebuild these networks to manage the local cat populations, and find homes for cats from these colonies whose habitats were lost. Fanciers in Hawaii have been working diligently to raise money to help these efforts, and CFA Fanciers from all over the world have been very generous in their donations.

Kenny Currle - Regional Director

Pam DelaBar, Regional Director

A reminder to fanciers and clubs that donations to the CFA Breeder Assistance Fund are really needed. We are very much aware of the horrific fires in Maui, flooding in Beijing,damage from Hurricane Idalia (and Hurricane Lee remains a threat), but now also flooding in Greece where animal rescue organizations are stretched to their limit. Tenerife fires were finally contained but now a disastrous earthquake in Morocco (and we still have not heard from one of our breeders there). The war in Ukraine still threatens the lives of our friends and is causing unbelievable hardships for breeders. Please help with your donations - CFA Breeder Assistance is a not for profit 501c3 and your donations are tax deductible (in the US).

Hong Kong

Suki Lee - Coordinator ID-Hong Kong

CFA ID Awards Banquet 2023

A big shout-out! A big thank you to the Hong Kong Black Cat Club putting in huge effort to host the ID Award Dinner for the CFA cat fanciers in Asia. It has been a special week for CFA with plenty of actions during August 24-27, 2023. We had the BAOS, handling classes, a two-day CFA show in the Cat Expo with over 180,000 spectators. On August 27, 2023 we had the wonderful International Division Award Ceremony Banquet and the first ID (ex China) banquet since the Pandemic.

We have had guests from 13 different areas and countries including USA, Finland, Kuwait, China, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, Taiwan, Germany and Russia. Really appreciate the complimentary souvenirs for overseas guests sponsored by the Hong Kong Tourism Board. The BAOS had 39 students from China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, and Japan. The International Division Award Ceremony Banquet had 223 guests from 12 countries and Hong Kong and we presented over 400 awards to the winners

Thank you the support and contributions from all the participants and organizer for the International Division Award Ceremony Banquet: 

The event co-organiser - Hong Kong Cat Expo 2023 of Exhibition Group Limited, 

The event sponsors:

GOLD sponsor - Nutrience SUBZERO

SILVER sponsor - Kakato, Nulo and Papai

The event photography Amy Works Show Cat Photography. 

The volunteers： Phebe Low, Suki Lee, Rainy Lai, Cheung Sau Fong, Wan Lau, Leona Wong, Alex Chan, Yan W. Lee, Pak Hei, Christine Choy, Ah Chi, Addison, Leshan and Aiden taking care the on stage traffic, reception and awards counter.

Thank you very much for the ID Banquet committee members: Phebe Low, Suki Lee, Alex Chan, Leona Wong, Leung Pak Hei and Yan W. Lee.

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Teresa Keiger

CFA Newsletter Editor