The California Spangled Cat is a new breed that was developed by Paul Casey, a physicist / screenwriter from Los Angeles.
According to sources, Casey was at the Olduvai dig in 1971 and was dismayed to hear that the last leopard in that area had been killed by poachers. After a conversation with the late Dr. Louis Leakey, Casey was inspired to develop a house cat similar in appearance to the leopard in order to raise the general public's awareness of the plight of the leopard.
By breeding domestic and wild cats, Casey developed the first gernation of what is considered the modern California Spangled Cat.
He created a stir of controversy by advertising this new breed of cats in the 1986 Neiman-Marcus Christmas Catalog in order to attract attention to this new cat and his desire to draw attention to his desire for conservation efforts. Ironically, Casey was lambasted by animal preservation groups for advertising his cats in a catalog that also sold fur coats.
Despite the controversy, the cats were enormously popular -- more people were interested in them then Casey had kittens available.
This extremely rare breed of cat is estimated at around 200 cats worldwide. |
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