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About the Breed and the Club

The Bombay or Asian Cat

The Bombay (GCCF breed number /ASHn???) is a solid jet black cat, with magical golden eyes. It is the nearest cat genetically possible to a "Black Burmese". The Bombay comes under the Foreign section and is one of the five breeds within the Asian Group. The Asian Group as a whole is represented by the Asian Group Cat Society, the Asian Cat Association and the Bombay and Asian Cats Breed Club.

The Club

The Bombay and Asian Cats Breed Club is a GCCF affiliated specialist breed club dedicated to the advancement and welfare of the UK Bombay and related self colour cats of Burmese type.

The Bombay and Asian Cats Breed Club was started in August 1995 by a group of breeders and owners of Bombays and Asian Cats (including the Torties). On 27th October 1999 the club was granted affiliation to the GCCF and the Asian Self was awarded Championship Status from June 2000.

The objective of the club is to serve the interests and promote the welfare of all Bombay and Asian Self Cats and in doing so, promote correct breeding practices and general well being. Additionally, the club endeavours to serve its members by disseminating information on development, as well as informing and educating the general public. The club newsletter Spectrum Seventy Two is produced annually and is continuously searching for new material. To submit an article, please contact the Editor Sarah Bower

The Officers and Committee are striving to enhance communication between all breeders and in particular, wish to offer help and advice to newcomers, whether they be exhibiting, breeding or owning these lovely cats as pets. If you wish to know anything not covered here then please contact Jacki McCarten (Hon. Secretary) for general enquiries, Sarah Bower (Membership Secretary) for membership enquiries and Carolyn Clark (Treasurer and Kitten Registrar for queries about available kittens).

Club Annual General Meeting

Please note that given the present lockdown situation due the coronavirus pandemic The Club regrets that it is unable to arrange a General Meeting in the foreseeable future.

There are however suggested changes to the B&ACBC Rules. These suggestions can be seen here (PDF).This Draft will be displayed on the Club website for three months . Comments should be emailed to the Hon. Secretary

Club Show

 

The Club Show scheduled for the 28 March 2020 has been cancelled due to the restrictions regarding the avoidance of social gatherings following the annoincement by the Prome Minister and Chief Medical Officer on the 16th March and the subsequent instructions for the GCCF Board of Directors.

Club Subscriptions

Club subscripions for 2021 will soon be due. Please send you remittance to the Club Membership Secretarty Ms Carolyn Clark, Malt Beggers, Layer Marney, Essex CO5 9UZ tel: 01206 331376 carolynaclark@icloud.com

For those who wish to send subscriptions by bank transfer, please will you include your surname in your transfer reference field so that we know who the transfer is from or alternatively, please email the Membership Secretary: Sarah Bower (kimanicats@hotmail.co.uk) letting us know that you have paid.

Download transfer details here.

The General Data Protection Regulations

The General Data Protection Regulations come into force on May 25th.

Please can you complete and return the information below asap. As a member or former member of the Bombay and Asian Breed club we require your consent to contact you by email and keep your details on our database.

Please can you reply to this email and delete the appropriate statement I consent to The Bombay and Asian Cats Breed Club keeping the information I provided you with on your club application form and contacting me via email or post orI do not consent to The Bombay and Asian Cats Breed Club keeping the information I provided you with on your club application form and contacting me via email or post.

Would you please return your consent/non consent to the Membership Secretary, Ms Sarah Bower at kimanicats@hotmail.co.uk

Click here for prewritten email - please delete the appriate consent sentence.'

Feline Research - Request for Information

My name is Jackie Braggs and I am a feline behaviourist and researcher at the University of Lincoln, working under the academic supervision of Professor Daniel Mills and Dr Elisa Frasnelli in the School of Life Sciences. 

I am working on a pioneering new study which examines scratching in the home by pedigree and non-pedigree cats. We are looking at, amongst other things, breed-specific differences in scratching behaviour.

Scratching in the home is a significant problem for many cat-owners. By better understanding the way in which cats scratch and the reasons why they do it, we can improve the ways we prevent scratching where we don’t want it. This may benefit both owners and the cats themselves.

In order to look into breed level differences, we need the support of societies, such as yours and would greatly appreciate your support by sharing the attached survey link with your subscriber base. The survey is about cat-scratching in the home and can be completed in 15-25 minutes.

https://unioflincoln.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4ZuhFRBz7Cmn8vr

I would be delighted to provide you with a news-item or similar piece of content for your subscribers, summarizing the findings once the study is finished, if that would be of interest. I can even tell you about your particular breed, if we get the numbers. 

This project has received a favourable ethical opinion by the University Research Ethics Committee (reference 2020-236). If you would like further details or have any question, please don’t hesitate to contact me (or my supervisor, at dmills@lincoln.ac.uk)

Welfare of Cats

 

Further information can be seen on the GCCF website at http://www.gccfcats.org/Welfare/Cats-the-Law

Genetic Testing at Langford Laboratories

Langford Veterinary Services is a UK based laboratory owned by the University of Bristol and based at the Veterinary School at Langford. They have been performing genetic testing for cats for over 5 years and have recently launched several new genetic tests in the UK. They perform a large range of genetic tests for cats including HCM, PKD, PK Deficiency, PRA, blood typing and coat colours.

They are able to offer members of Breed Societies a discount on the prices of teir tests.

Please note that Langford Laboratories are changing the Discount Code for DNA tests as from the end of April 2015. The new code will be available to PAID UP members on request to the Club Secretary

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