Just looking on some of these sites where they have kittens for sale and there are so many adverts for crossbred cats, i think something should be done about it really as i dont think a lot of thought goes into it at times.

A breeder aqaintance( wont say friend) of mine has a sister who has just cross bred a bsh with a bengal and when i asked what the logic was she said there was no logic!!!!!!


Sorry to rant but maybe the gccf should be able to do something if they are actually registered with them and cross breeding them just to make a few extra bucks.

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Sadly this will happen no matter how hard people try to stop it. same with dogs, not everyone wants a pedigree I dont agree with cross breeding intentionally, but accidents can and do happen even to the most careful people.

I would say most aren't registered and a fair amount are pets that should have been neutered who they've bred with whatever breed just because they can't take to an actual stud without the breeders or registering bodies finding out x

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It really makes my blood boil! Theres an add on pets4homes at the moment for bsh x siamese!!! Why the f would you want to cross them? What are they going to look like when there older? There not even of similar build or anything?

Ive got bengals and british and i wouln'dt in a million years cross them, some people just want to make a quick buck i suppose

i quite agree, however even if the breeders are GCCF registered the kittens wouldnt be registerable? - i think? However it would be fairly easy i presume for any breeder to just claim an "accidental" mating, or is working on the development of a new breed.

Conversely What happens if a breeder owns a "non gccf recognised breed" along with a recognised breed - should they be doing something then? i think not.

I'm not saying i disagree with you, just that it would be easy enough for breeders to get away with it, and that there are possibly some exceptions like below.

There is an exception though, selective outcrossing programmes for certain breeds ( the various rexes spring to mind), where the resulting kittens are effectively an outcross but are registerable on the reference register.... These breeders shouldnt be penalised for crossing!

I dont breed but fingers crossed someone who is properly in the know will be along to advise me on those points i made.

This takes us back to the point about restrictions and why good pedigree breeders insist on having them in place, most will not sell a ped kitten unless a contract is signed by the purchaser saying that any kittens bought by them with be spayed / nuetered as soon as the kitten is old enough. Unfortunatley a lot of these people are no more than BSB's and are only breeding to make a quick buck and it annoys me too................Chris mad:

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some very good points but some breeders will also cross breed/sell un reg kittens not all breeders are good theres good and bad in all walks of life.

Unfortunatley Jen some of these people will cross anything they can and not give a thought for the health/wellbeing of the cats or kittens, they are blinkered and all they see are pounds signs,

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could not agree more, next they will make silly names up and try to sell them as a breed. but lets not forget this is how all the breeds started that we got today all cats come from the same place. the good old moggie

here we have SI-RAGS. this breeder was contacted and told that kittens from her litters can be registered with the GCCF but she chooses not to register them in order to keep the cost down.

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