Videos California Spangled Cat Breed Information
Country of origin -
United States
Breed standards -
TICA(*)
The California Spangled Cat was a breed of cat which became
extinct in the 1990s [1] . They were bred to resemble spotted
wildcats, like the ocelot and leopard. They
were originally bred in the 1980s and were
only ever a rare breed, and were usually expensive, priced between
$800 to $2,500. The popularity of two other spotted cats breeds-
the Ocicat and the Bengal- overshadowed their
development.
Inspired by the poaching death of a
leopard, the anthropologist Louis Leakey motivated Californian
scriptwriter Paul Casey to breed a domestic cat resembling a small
leopard, and that this would emphasize how important it is to
preserve the leopard.
California Spangled Cats were a crossbreed of many strains of
cat, including the Abyssinian, American Shorthair and British
Shorthair. Despite their wild appearance, they were completely
domestic.
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