Forest Cat Clubs & International Contacts
Corrections and notification of new Forest Cat breed clubs are welcome. If you don't find your club listed here, please write in, so I can include it! I would appreciate a quick message if you encounter a link that no longer works. Thanks!
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AUSTRALIA
Norwegian Forest Cat Breeders and Fanciers of Australia http://www.angelfire.com/home/nfcbfa
BELGIUMRenée Weissbach, 'Titran's' Cattery: http://www.titrans-cattery.com
CANADALorraine and Don Forsyth, correspondents for the Canadian breeders: http://www.catsincanada.com/breeds/norwegian.html
DENMARK
Norsk Skovkattering Danmark http://www.norskskovkat.dk/
ENGLAND
Norwegian Forest Cat Club Great Britain http://www.catbreeder.co.uk/sites/nfcc
Viking Cat Club (FIFé) http://www.vikingcatclub.co.uk/
FINLANDNorjalaisten metsäkissojen yhdistys NORSKI ry Norwegian Forest Cat Club in Finland http://www.norski.info
SMERRY Norjalainen metsäkissa ry http://www.sci.fi/~smerry
FRANCEAssociation International de la Défense du Skogkatt http://perso.wanadoo.fr/skogkatt-norvegien/ Club des Chats des Forêts Norvégiennes (CCFN) http://ccfn.net
GERMANYInteressengemeinschaft Norwegische Waldkatzen im 1. DEKZV e.V. http://www.ig-nfo.de/
Waldkatzen-Club E.V. http://www.waldkatzenclub.de
Unabhängige Interessengemeinschaft Norwegische Waldkatzen http://www.hallo-norweger.de/
ICELAND
Skogarkattaklubbur Islands http://www.if.is/~krissi/
MEXICOKarin Daniel, 'Felis Vikingos' http://www.felisvikingos.de
NETHERLANDSNoorseboskattenkring http://home.wxs.nl./~noorseboskattenkring
De Noorman http://www.denoorman.nl/
NORWAYNorsk Skogkattring http://home.powertech.no/skogkatt/NSR.html search using: skogkatt.org
POLANDNFO Breed Club http://cat.fs.com.pl/~nfoclub
NFO 2000 http://www.NFO20000.com
PORTUGALForest Spirit Cattery http://www.geocities.com/foresspirit
SOUTH AFRICA, Cape Town'Ratatosk Norwegian Forest Cats' http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ridge/5176
SPAINAsociacion Skogkatt Iberia http://teleline.terra.es/personal2/iberkatt Club Español del Bosque de Noruega (CEBN) http://www.bosquedenoruega.com/cebn
SWEDENSkogkattslingan http://skogkattslingan.com
Skogkattklubben Birka http://www.algonet.se/~birka
SWITZERLAND
Interessengemeinschaft Norwegische Waldkatzenzüchter der Schweiz (IGNS) http://www.afra.ch/forestcats
Swiss Skogkatt http://www.swissskogkatt.ch
UNITED STATESNorwegian Forest Cat Fanciers' Association (NFCFA) http://www.forestcats.net

Forest Cat Speciality & Press
NFO X-COLORS:
About those colors The X-color recognition show & the proposal to have them accepted (P. Swepston)
X-color proposal Text of the 1. DEKZV proposal, in German, English, French
X-color Cats, Sweden (Sylvia Erikers) http://hem.passagen.se/xcats
X-color Cats, Germany (Christa Utescheny) http://www.v-arlesbrunnen-nfo.de
Norwegian Forest Cat Fanciers Association (NFCFA), U.S.A. - X-color pages http://www.forestcats.net/xcolors1.htm
X-color online discussion group, monitored by Susan Shaw http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribers/xcolors
X-Colours in NFO - a story with no ending (Jette Eva Madsen) http://www.skovkat.dk/jetteweb/xtimes51.htm X-coloured Forest Cats - a new theory! (Jette Eva Madsen) http://www.skovkat.dk/jetteweb/dilutemodifier.htm
OTHER LINKS:
World Show Reports Collected minutes of NFO breeders' meetings
Skogkatt of the Year (FIFé) http://www.skovkat.dk/skogyear/
Jette's Webpage http://www.skovkat.dk/jetteweb
Norwegian Forest Cat Blood Type Data Base (Valuable material, but please note: breeding with B-type cats is NOT advisable!) http://www.norw-waldkatzen.de
The Norwegian Forest Cat Web Ring http://www.felis.net/nforing
Eva Ewald, Rassekatzen Jahrbuch (Germany) http://www.rassekatzen-jahrbuch.de
Norwegian Forest Cat Data Base http://www.skogkatt.co.uk/cgi-bin/NFO
Norwegian Forest Cat Banner Network http://www.skogkatt.co.uk/ads
NorskSkovkat INFO http:// www.norwegianforestcat.info Database in English, German, French, & Danish
'Skogkatt International' http://www.skogkatt.co.uk
More Forest Cat links available at 'Cool Pet Sites': http://www.coolcatsites.net/links/pages/Breeders/Norwegian_Forest_Cats/
Visit 'The Directory Cat Web Sites' http://www.i-love-cats.com
PRINT PUBLICATIONS
'Katzen Extra Zuchtbuch' (Germany) http://www.zuchtbuch.de
'Cat Fancy' Magazine (USA) http://www.animalnetwork.com/cats/
'Your Cat' Magazine (UK) http://www.yourcat.co.uk
'Whole Cat Journal' (USA) http://www.wholecat.com A monthly guide to natural cat care & behaviour Homeopathy & holistic veterinary care

ASSOCIATIONS
Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFé) http://www.fifeweb.org Associazione Nazionale Felina (ANFI), Italy http://www.anfi.it Fédération Féline Helvetique (FFH), Switzerland: http://www.ffh.ch 1. DEKZV. e.V., Germany http://www.dekzv.de Katzenverein Leverkusen e.V., Germany http://www.katzenverein-leverkusen.de Livre Officiel des Origines Félines (LOOF), France e-mail: loof.destal@libertysurf.fr Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA), U.S.A. http://www.cfainc.org Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF), U.K. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GCCF_CATS/ Finland: SRK http://www.kissaliitto.fi/nayttelyt.htm Austria, KKO http://www.kkoe.org/kkoeshowcalendar.htm Czech Republic, CSCH http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/9125/shows.htm Felis Danica, Denmark http://www.felisdanica.dk SVERAK, Sweden http://www.sverak.se/ The International Cat Association (TICA) http://www.tica.org/regularpage.htm Norske Rasekattklubbers Riksforbund, Norway http://www.nrr.no/

Genetics
ON THIS SITE:
Genetics and the White Cat (P. Swepston) La génétique des chats blancs (P. Swepston) Roy Robinson on White Cats Carina's Tortie Male (Carina Olofsson) Black-yellow Mosaics (Robinson's Genetics for Cat Breeders & Veterinarians)
Genetics and Planned Breeding (Carlson & Giffen)
OTHER LINKS:
Genetics of the Cat http://www.hdw-inc.com/Genetics.htm Cats Magazine Genetics Articles (Coat Color, Book Reviews, Genetic Conditions) http://www.fanciers.com/other-faqs/genetics-cats-mag.html Cat Colors FAQ http://www.fanciers.com/other-faqs/colors.html Jette on deafness and white cats http://www.skovkat.dk/jetteweb/deaf.htm The Pigment Parade (Lorraine Shelton) - solid white cats, piebald gene, gloving http://home.earthlink.net/~featherland/off/white.html

Veterinary Links
ON THIS SITE:Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV): the vaccine, + new interferon treatment for FeLV & calicivirus Progressive Retinal Atrophy (Roy Robinson) Glycogen Storage Disease (John Fyfe, DVM, PhD)
Hip Dysplasia in Cats Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) in Cats
OTHER LINKS:
Universität Bern (Switzerland), Veterinärmedizinische Fakultät http://www.unibe.ch/faculties/veterinary_d.html
University of Zurich, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Virology (in German & English) http://www.vetvir.unizh.ch/homepage.html
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine http://web.vet.cornell.edu/public/fhc/FelineHealth.htm
American Veterinary Medical Association http://www.avma.org/ Feline Advisory Board http://www.fabcats.org/
Baer Testing for Deafness in White Cats
http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/baersite.htm
Veterinary information (English) http://www.vetinfo.com/catindex.html
Cat Fanciers Veterinary Medicine http://www.fanciers.com/vetmed.html
Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) FAQ http://www2.dgsys.com/~ermiller/FeLV.html
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), new vaccine, University of Florida http://www.vetmed.ufl.edu/path/facult http://www.vetmed.ufl.edu/pr/ne_story...
Panleukopenia (distemper) http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol8no4/pdf/01-0228.pdf
Feline infectious Peritonitis FAQ http://www2.dgsys.com/~ermiller/FIP.html
and also http://maxshouse.com/FIP%20Update.htm
Polycystic Kidney Disease http://www.winterfyre.com/pkd/pkd.html
Conflicting blood types http://members.aol.com/Atochabsh/bloodtyp.htm
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy http://members.aol.com/jchinitz/hcm/causes.htm
Glycogen Storage Disease (GSD IV testing results) http://home.earthlink.net/~clairs/gsd.html
Informations veterinaires (français): http://www.mlink.net/veterinet/sommaire.html
Asociacion Argentina de Medicina Felina (espagnol) http://www.aamefe.org.ar/
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Visit Our Friends
Minna and Kjeld Krogh: 'Felis Audax', Denmark http://www.audax.dk
'Felis Jubatus' & 'Danish Design', Denmark and 'av Fager', Germany http://www.skovkat.dk
Karoliina Hjelm: 'Blue Viking', Finland http://www.blueviking.fi/
Marie Vergne: artist & Forest Cat breeder, 'Troldhaugen', France http://www.chatterie-troldhaugen.com
Richard Herrmann: 'Sweeson's', France http://www.multimania.com/sweesons
Claire & Thierry Roland: 'Durandal', France http://www.chatteriedurandal.com
Clarisse Vinot: 'des Burgondes', France http://gang-burgondes.com
Anita Reese: 'von Schneetal', Germany http://www.schneetal.de
Anna & Frida Brandi: 'Njord Norwegian Forest Cats', Italy http://www.felis.net/njord/
Anne Weijman: 'T'Annes', Netherlands http://home.wxs.nl/~tannes
Renate Leijen-van der Wel: Forest Cat breeder & artist, Netherlands http://www.leyen.demon.nl/index.html
Yvonne Hamaker: artist, Netherlands http://www.home.hetnet.nl/~von46/index.html
Wenche Øymoen: 'av Moltemyr', Norway http://home.c2i.net/av_moltemyr/ Janne and Stein Harald Dyrset: 'Coco Islands', Norway http://home.online.no/~shdyrset/hjemmeside/varekatter/forside.html
Monica Ledsak Aag: 'av Ledsak', Norway http://home.online.no/~gpaag/ledsaak1.htm
Anna Czerwinska: 'ABCats', Poland http://www.kki.net.pl/~abcat/
'Corros Cattery': Cape Town, South Africa http://www.geocities.com/corroscats
Ulrica Olofsson: S*Restless, Sweden http://www.restless.se/
Maud Olsen: 'S*Frostnattens', Sweden http://www.torget.se/users/f/Frogg
Agnetha Sjöblom: 'S*Wonders', Sweden http://www.algonet.se/~wonders
Carina Olofsson Santana: 'S*Tigressan's', Gran Canaria http://www.welcome.to/tigressan
Sandro Chiavuzzo: 'Knickerbockers', Switzerland http://www.knickerbockers.ch
Sylvain & Sarah Piney-Runzis: 'av Skara Brae', Switzerland http://www.avskarabrae.net
Nelly Brosselard: 'Blue Tanis', Switzerland http:www.bluetanis.com
Catherine Meyer-Körber: 'Les Fines Terres', Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/lesfinesterres
Christine Allaman: 'Haakona', Switzerland http://www.haakona.ch
Cheryl Sarges: 'Winterfyre Cattery', USA http://www.winterfyre.com
Rachelle Schlange: 'Alvdansen Cattery', USA http://www.alltel.net/~rm01640/ Bill and Betty Mattson: 'Dorthonion Norwegian Forest Cats', USA http://www.homestead.com/avlantstalle/Dorthonion.html
Irene de Viliers: 'Furry Boots', USA http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html
Murray Lundberg: Explore North. This site will make you want travel! Discover the circumpolar North, from Alaska to Greenland and Siberia. Use the onsite search engine to see a beautiful page on the Norwegian Forest Cat: http://www.explorenorth.com/library/weekly/aa101300a.htm

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