well, humans didn't INVENT them, but they certainly have been responsible for turning them into the extreme-faced things you see at shows now..... doll-faced persians have much less extreme faces, and far fewer breathing and eye problems.... here's one take on their origin: http://www.persian-cat-persian-cats.com/
On 11/29/05, wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't know humans created the Persian??? Were they > created by breeding a Pug with a long haired cat? No > seriously...how did Persians come about? > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Yes, MC is right, if you ever want a challenge, try > > pilling a Persian! They don't have mouths, they have > > little cracks in the front of their heads which > > somehow is able to suffice as an orifice to get food > > into their bodies. Those two I had here for a while > > in rescue were a totally new experience. I used to > > love Persians (the look of them) before I had one, > > now I view them as deformed creatures built by > > humans in a way that pleases humans but is not the > > best design for the cats themselves. Their little > > "mouth crack" opens only about 3/4 an inch, they > > constantly struggle to breathe right, and they are > > known as a breed that commonly has heart murmurs. > > One of the two I had had a grade5 murmur, and died > > from it. I will never support the breeding of that > > breed now, miserable little deformities is what they > > are! I can't understand why we humans find so much > > happiness in building animals that can't even > > function normally. It baffles me. Stupid stupid > > stupid us! > > > > Jenn > > http://ucat.us > > http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html > > Adopt a cat from UCAT rescue: > > http://ucat.us/adopt.html > > Adopt a FIV+ cat: > > http://ucat.us/AWrescue/FIV/ > > Adopt a FELV+ cat: > > http://ucat.us/FELVadopt.html > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > I collect KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil, a 3 > > yr old special needs cat who must live on a liquid > > diet for the rest of his life. > > Bazil's caretaker collects labels and sends them to > > KMR, where they add up until she earns a free can of > > formula! > > PLEASE save your KMR kitten formula labels for > > Bazil! > > If you use KMR, even just one can, please email me > > for the NEW address to send them to! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Does your cat have chronic diarrhea that does not > > respond to treatment, or has your cat been loosely > > diagnosed as IBD? > > Have you tested for Tritrichomonosis? The test is > > new, the new drug makes it curable. > > Ask me today how you can test for Trich!> No virus > found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.10/186 - > > Release Date: 11/29/2005 > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- MaryChristine AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 289856892
