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April 29 & 30, 2023, marked the conclusion of the CFA 2022 – 2023 show season. This past show season had some sense of returning to normalcy with the greatest number of shows licensed globally and cats entered over the past four years. The beautiful cats being shown and reconnecting with friends at CFA shows is on the right path. One might say, 2022 – 2023 was the “come back season.”
Congratulations to all the breeders and exhibitors that showed their cats in CFA. Your passion and love for the sport of showing cats is to be commended. Regardless of the final placement, award received, or if you were simply showing for experience, it is my hope you achieved your goals and you have many memories to share and enjoy.
Beginning May 1, 2023, CFA is offering a new club sponsorship program. The Infrequent Region/Area Judge Program offers $500 dollars to a club licensing a judge who has not been seen in the Region/Area in the last three show seasons. This program is experimental and limited to two awards per Region/Area and one award per club. Clubs in Region 9 have a separate program and are not included in this new program.
Back to the celebration of a great season, enjoy your National, Regional and Division Awards Banquets and as Prince would say… Party Like It’s 1999!
Wishing everyone great success and wonderful experiences in the 2023 – 2024 show season.
Rich
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Our featured cat this month is CFA's 4th Best Kitten 2022 Reg 1-9 GC, BWR, NW DEYDREAM SAY YES TO THE DRESS, a dilute calico Manx - Shorthair Division female. | |
May 29, 2023: Central Office Closed in observance of Memorial Day.
June 1, 2023: CFA Directors-at-Large ballot must be RECEIVED in CO by this date. Faxed or emailed forms must be received by 11:59 PM EDT.
June 1, 2023: Club fees & membership list must be RECEIVED in CO by this date for a club to remain on CFA’s membership roster.
CFA Annual Meeting
Complete information regarding the CFA Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet is available here.
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CFA’s Show Calendar
Publicize details regarding your show for FREE on CFA’s show calendar. Include information such as hours open to spectators, admission prices, contests, photographer, parking details, etc. such as the example below.
| Use the link at the top of the show calendar page to send us your show flyer, breed summary and any other information you want to advertise, or use this direct link: https://cfa.org/submit-show-information/ | | |
Carol Krzanowski - chair
The following clubs have applied for CFA membership and will be considered at the June 22, 2023 CFA Board meeting. Anyone wishing to submit comments regarding the applicants should do so in writing and send the comments to Committee Chair Carol Krzanowski no later than June 7, 2023.
As stated in the CFA By-Laws - Article III - Membership, Section 3 - Election to Membership: "If negative information is submitted regarding the applicant, the information will be provided to the applicant with enough time for the applicant to prepare a written rebuttal prior to board consideration.”
Cat Adept Republic Eden
President: Care Kwan
Secretary: Maggie Kwan
Location: Yuen Long, NT, Hong Kong
China Meow’s Secret Club
President: Zhongju Zhang
Secretary: Li Qian
Location: Changsha, Hunan, China
Diamond State Cat Fanciers
President: Ferris Allen
Secretary: Kathryn Sain
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Fantastic Tiara Russian Blue Club
President: Fanny Ng
Secretary: Thomas Yiu
Location: Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Felidae Beyond Infinity
President: Lau Wing Keung
Secretary: Sarah Sau Wah Ng
Location: Yuen Long, NT, Hong Kong
Galaxy Cat Club
President: Wong Wai Jan, Jenny
Secretary: Virginia Liu
Location: Yuen Leng Village, Tai Po, Hong Kong
Garnet State Feline Fanciers
President: Mischa Taylor
Secretary: Katia Kingston
Location: Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA
Hong Kong Bengal Cat Association
President: Cheung Kwan Kit
Secretary: Chan Ming Hay
Location: Yuen Long, NT, Hong Kong
Kit & Kaboodle Cat Club
President: Rachel Alcaraz
Secretary: Doug Welsh
Location: Davidson, North Carolina, USA
Mahameru Cat Club
President: Muhamad Raihan Alif Fikri
Secretary: Siska Nino
Location: Bekasi, Jawa Barat, Indonesia
Sandcastle Cat Fanciers
President: Joan Bernstein
Secretary: Elizabeth Jennings
Location: Oyster Bay, New York, USA
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CFA’s Official Discussion Group | | |
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Mark Hannon,
Co-chair Marketing Committee
CFA has an official Facebook discussion group that is an online gathering place for CFA exhibitors, clerks, judges, club members, etc. to share ideas, ask questions, get answers, etc. The administrators and moderators include the CFA Executive Director, officers, and judges.
Do you belong? If so, encourage your friends to join. If you are not already a member consider joining. Go to https://m.facebook.com/groups/cfacats/
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CFA YEARBOOK REDUCES ADVERTISING RATES!
That's right! It' is now easier and less expensive to place YOUR ad in the CFA Yearbook! Celebrate your achievements from the past show season or put the spotlight on your cattery.
Complete information is available here. Start planning now - submission deadline is August 9!
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Teresa Keiger, Editor
Thank you from Cat Talk!
The response to our April "Kitten Issue" has been great! Many thanks to those of your who expressed your appreciation, and to the hard-working volunteers of the Cat Talk staff!
Our Upcoming June Issue
The June issue of Cat Talk will be out in a few weeks. Its theme is "Groomed to PURR-fection." We've interviewed several professional cat groomers who gave us their perspectives not only about show grooming, but the importance of grooming ALL cats.
Good grooming isn't just for cats - we look at the dos and don'ts for people too. And just in time for the CFA Awards Banquet, readers share their banquet fashion faux pas (or when good outfits go bad). And speaking of outfits - where can you find great cat costumes, and how they can benefit your cat beyond the costume contest.
You'll want to make certain that your subscription is up to date!
Order and/or gift a subscription at https://cfa.org/cattalk-almanac/
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Kelly Crouch, CFA Legislative Information Liaison
Sharon Coleman, CFA Legislative Legal Analyst
Oklahoma Updates on Bill of Rights and Breeder Reporting Bills
In Other News, North Dakota States Animals Are Not People
Oklahoma proponents of the Dog and Cat Bill of Rights experienced the same disappointment as their California counterparts when the Rules Committee failed to vote House Bill 1992 out of committee – or hold a vote on it. As reported in What's Hot March 2023, the bill would have required all animal control, animal shelters, and rescue groups to conspicuously post a copy of the Dog and Cat Bill of Rights. These rights ranged from being free from cruelty to the right to mental stimulation, sterilization to prevent unwanted litters, and veterinary care. Although the session doesn't officially end until May 26, 2023, the bill has missed the Deadline to be considered by the House as a whole.
Oklahoma SB 349/HB 2059 to repeal the annual reporting requirements in §30.11 of the Commercial Pet Breeders Act were amended as emergency bills, changing the effective date from 11/1/2023 to when passed and approved. HB 2059 was passed and approved on 4/21/2023.
In Other News….
North Dakota House Bill 1361, declared an emergency measure in Section 2, amends the definition of person in §1-01-49(8) to exclude artificial intelligence, animals, inanimate objects, and environmental elements. A closer look was necessary to determine why "animals" would be in a bill defining "Person." In general, there are varying definitions of "person" in different legal contexts that include both humans and non-human legal entities, public and private. The actions list of HB 1361 reveals extensive amendment of the original bill that removed a section to be added, "Personhood" expressly stating individuals' rights are "superior and not equal to" listed non-human categories. However, the amended bill, now enacted law, only added an exclusion from the existing "person" definition, "The term does not include environmental elements, artificial intelligence, an animal, or an inanimate object." North Dakota Can explains the rationale for this policy at https://ndcan.org/house-bill-1361
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Please report legislation happenings in your area to the Legislative Group – legislation@cfa.org
Visit the CFALegislativeNews Facebook page and the CFA Legislative Group Blog to see the current legislative news.
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EveryCat Health Foundation | |
submitted by Virginia Rud | |
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A list of our honored donors for the month of April is available here
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Spring Giving Campaign
Join EveryCat Health Foundation this April and May as we “Spring into Action” for better feline health!
EveryCat Health Foundation received thirty-nine proposals in our most recent grant cycle! While we cannot fund them all, these competitive proposals are laser-focused on the cutting edge of feline medicine, tackling topics from feline infectious peritonitis, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, breed-specific diseases, and many more.
We count on your support of EveryCat Health Foundation to fund this research which paves the way for healthier, happier lives for every cat, every day, everywhere.
https://everycat.salsalabs.org/main-donation-form/index.html
Tax Tips with George Eigenhauser
DON’T PANIC if you receive a letter/notice from the IRS concerning your taxes. The IRS has suggestions for how to deal with unexpected mail from them. Please open the letter immediately and read it carefully. The letter will contain information from the IRS and advise you if there is any action you need to take. The letter may state that no action on your part is necessary. If the letter states that you DO need to take action or provide information, please do so promptly to avoid any interest or penalties. If the IRS letter does not request any action on your part or if you agree with an IRS determination you may not need to reply at all. Be aware the IRS DOES NOT contact taxpayers on social media or by text message. If you have any doubt about whether correspondence is from the IRS you should contact them directly or view your information on IRS.gov. Please remember that if you need to make changes or provide information for your federal tax return you should review your state or local income taxes as well. For more information see IRS Tax Tip 2023-55
Save the Dates!
EveryCat Health Foundation is hosting a webinar, “Bringing Up Baby” with Ellen Carozza, LVT, VTS-Clinical Practice (Feline) on May 25th, 2023 at 1:00 pm EDT. Ellen is also widely known on social media as The Cat LVT.
Topics included in this 90-minute presentation: kitten nutrient requirements, bottle feeding and bottle formulas, feeding the queen, and managing problem bottle babies. Learn how healthy kittens start with proper nutrition. You’ll get a VIP pass on learning the important details that tend to be taken for granted in pediatric nutrition. RACE approval is pending for 1.5 credits for this program.
Register here.
EveryCat Health Foundation and the National Kitten Coalition are hosting a three-part Webinar Series, “The Art of Raising a Happy, Healthy Kitten”.
If you are planning to or have recently added a new kitten to your family or are looking for information to share with new kitten families in your community, this series will provide crucial information for raising a kitten into a happy, healthy cat. You can still register and get access to the first session! For more information about the series, and to register, visit the page on the EveryCat website.
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Our friends at Motel 6 would like CFA to continue to receive the 10% discount at participating locations by using the new updated reservation code of CPOAPHHT. There is a dedicated reservation site for CFA at www.motel6.com/en/cp/cfa.html or you may call 800-466-8356.
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Code: 1000026977
or call 877-999-3223 and ask for the discount code CFA CAT FANCIERS ASSOCIATION
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Sharon Roy, Regional Director
Seacoast Cat Club celebrated their annual show last weekend. The gate was excellent and the children's stuffed animal contest and the face painting were a great success
Kids loved the stuffed animal contests and the face painting.
Congratulations to first time show manager Tracy Roberts on a phenomenal job.
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Residents from the local Veteran's Home. Their coordinator said they enjoyed past shows and have been anxiously awaiting this show. As they came thru the gate every one of them was beaming with anticipation, and they all left with words of praise and appreciation. | |
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Terri Zittel - Regional Secretary
The CFA National and Regional Wins are finalized! Many thanks to the fabulous CFA staff and especially to Shirley Michaud Dent for all their hard work!
Congratulations are in order for Noelle Giddings, Bobbi Irie, Wendy Tom and Victoria Hutchens Pitcher. Noelle showed and earned National Wins in Championship and Kitten class. Bobbi showed and earned National Wins in Championship and Kitten Class. Wendy Tom in HHP’s and Victoria in Premiership. As you all know we are the “Southeast Alaska” of the CFA cat fancy. It took a supreme effort to gain these wins with phenomenal cats.
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Traci Whittenberg, Regional Secretary | | |
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Region 3 celebrated April with the Texas in Bloom cat show, sponsored by the North Texas and Show and Tell Cat Clubs. The weather cooperated, the wildflowers were in bloom and the cats of Region 3 were able to strut their stuff in Belton, Texas | |
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Mike Shelton, Regional Director
The show season came to a rousing end in the southwest region at the Las Vegas Cat Club's show on April 29-30. Elvis was in the building each morning to introduce the judges, who were all dressed according to the theme of their individual rings, based on a various landmark Las Vegas hotels. The show also featured the club's usual fantastic raffle table, as we celebrated the end of another show season.
There was also a bittersweet aspect to the show, as Ellyn Honey's distinguished judging career came to a close. Thanks for everything, Ellyn, and we're sure we'll see you down the road.
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Candilee Jackson, Regional Secretary
The Midwest Region closed out the 2022-2023 show season with a rousing show hosted by the Luckytom Cat Club at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Illinois. This show friendly venue welcome a terrific and steady-flowing gate for the entire weekend. Show manager, Sueann Spinder stated: “We had a great count, especially in premiership and household pets. Our visitors loved the costume contest we held at lunch time on both days.” Sangamon Animal Control, a no-kill rescue in Springfield, had kitties for adoption. Cindy Willoughby, long-time volunteer for SAC, reported that four of the seven kitties were adopted, including the shelter’s longest resident. The SAC rescue/adoption numbers stand at 652 felines placed in loving homes.
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Kenny Currle - Regional Director | |
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The 2022-2023 season ended on a high note at the New Vision Show in Plant City, FL. It was a fun and relaxed show with exhibitors celebrating the season's end and everyone's wins. PLUS: a series of Tik Tok videos the club posted from the show have been going viral!
The next weekend, the region kicked off the new season with Rebel Rousers/Ocicats International show in Lawrenceville, GA. Kudos to both clubs for producing such a great show!
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Yukiko Hayata, Regional Director
We had 2022~2023 third Regional show on April 22 in Tokyo. Fortunately, it was fine day and there were 175 entries. This was top number of entry as recent Regional show. We had three wonderful judges from America Larry Adkison, Russell Webb, Anne Mathis and Japanese judges Yukiko Hayata, Yaeko Takano and Wakako Nagayama.
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The show hall was new and big. Exhibitors and staffs needed to walk hardly. It was a very nice exercise ! At the corner of show hall, there was Chanan Photography. Chanan took almost 100 cats in two days, on Saturday 64 cats at show hall on Sunday 30 cats at the rental photo studio. Exhibitors were so happy since they have not had the chance to have photo sessions by Chanan for past over 6~ 7 years. | | |
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There were new many exhibitors with beautiful cats. I suppose they will attend show in the next show season.
I appreciate to all exhibitors, judges, clerks. stewards and also Richard and Nancy Katris. I appreciate your cooperation who came to photo session at the photo studio on Sunday again.
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The European show scene is already picking up for this current show season with clubs receiving return engagements for large pet fairs and new cooperative efforts with other major organizations. With no shows scheduled for the past weekend in Region 9, all attention is focused on 13 May telecast of the Eurovision Song Contest finals (you have to see it to believe it).
We have the last scheduled regional awards banquet on 4-5 November in magical Bilbao, Spain. The show is held in a large ballroom in the hotel and the banquet offerings include some of the best wines in Spain (or soft drinks if you are so inclined). You are cordially invited to attend and enjoy our Spanish hospitality plus cheer on our celebration of our awards winners.
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WiuRan Wang (5D) - CFA ID coordinator: China North
On the 15th to 16th of April, 2023 CFA show in Nanjing, China, hosted by Hua XIA Cat Club with 5 x AB / 4xSH / 2xLH . As the3 year-long pandemic lockdown has come to an end, it was a great honour to have the overseas judges being able to join the show in China. It was an amazing and successful few days here in Nanjing, China with for the 2 days show with 338 entries. Thanks for the support from all the Cat fancies in China, and really appreciated the All breed judges and the associate judge and special thanks to the hard work of the show manager 61 Cao and master clerk Jon Lee.
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As a club secretary of Hua XIA Cat Club, we are proud of our team members having worked very hard for this event for hosting 5 x AB / 4xSH / 2xLH rings CFA show . Thanks for the support from the sponsors: NINTH PROJECT、OVEN-BAKED、BLACKWOOD、GAINES、SARAH WATER、ENGAING、DR.ELSEY'S 、CATMAGIC、EYE ENVY、COSY、and AMYWORK.
Congratulations to all the new grands and the winners.
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This is my first time to hosting such a big project, I am very pleased to work with my teammates. We are looking forward to move on in coming future, sharing our knowledge and experience to the cat fanciers the coming show. Looking forward to have more CFA show in all around China in coming future.
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Suki Lee - Coordinator ID-Hong Kong
At the end of the show season, Hong Kong cat fanciers had a busy month.
On 10 April 2023, HK Pirates Meow Club put on a 6 ring-show. Judges include Kit Fung, Mie Takahashi , Olga Grebnieva, Mihoko Tsuchiya, Toshihiko Tsuchiya and Allan Raymond, filled with 125 entries.
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On 30 April 2023, Universal Feline Fanciers and Hong Kong and Macao Cat Club put on a 5 ring-show filled with 159 entries. judges were Suki Wong , Edward Maeda , Ayumi Ueda, Lorraine Rivard and .Olga Korotonozhkina
Thank you so much for the wonderful support as ring clerks and as a master clerk. We greatly appreciated the club and the show committee for your hard work and support, huge thanks to the sponsors for the fabulous support.
Lastly, big congratulations to all the winners! We look forward to seeing you in the next season.
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Feel free to contact me at tkeiger@cfa.org
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Teresa Keiger
CFA Newsletter Editor
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