On the left a Turkish Angora from Cattery Flamboya and on the fitting a Norwegian Forest cat from Cattery Caladan
Breed Historical past
First, let’s begin with a little bit of historical past.
The origins of the Turkish Angora
The origins of this breed are there, in plain sight: its identify clearly (and doubly) suggests the place the breed comes from! In truth, Angora is the outdated identify of the Turkish metropolis Ankara.
They’re the primary longhair cats which were launched in Europe, talked about since not less than the seventeenth century, and they’re probably the ancestors of all longhair cats. Turkish Angora cats had been used to create the Persian breed, which blurred the excellence between the 2 breeds. Subsequently, due to the success of the Persian breed, the Turkish Angora virtually disappeared.
Within the twentieth century, to be able to protect the breed, the zoo of Ankara (Atatürk Forest Farm and Zoo) began a breeding program of white Turkish Angora or–as they’re known as in Turkey– “Ankara Kedisi”.
