List Of International Cat Registries

• Cat Fanciers Association (CFA)
• Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFe)
• The International Cat Association (TICA)
• American Cat Fanciers Association (ACFA)

List Of National Cat Registries

• Felis Britannica - UK member of FIFe
• Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF) - UK
• Cat Aficionado Association (CAA) - PRC

What Is A 'Cat Registry'?

A cat registry is an organisation that registers cats for exhibition and breeding purposes. A cat registry stores the pedigrees (genealogies) of cats, prefixes or affixes of catteries, studbooks (lists of authorised studs of recognised breeds), breed descriptions and the standards of points (SoP) for those breeds; lists of judges qualified to judge at shows run by, or affiliated with, that registry.

Many cat registries have been formed world-wide. These range from international organisations or federations to national registries in one particular country. The largest overall organisation is the Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFe) which is a world-wide federation of member cat registries.

A cat registry is not the same as a cat club or breed society (these may be affiliated with one or more registries with whom they have lodged breed standards in order to be able to exhibit under the auspices of that registry).

Cat Registries have their own rules and also organise or licence cat shows. The show procedures vary widely and awards won in one registry are not normally recognised by another.

Most registries offer several levels of recognition (often called registers).

Cat Registries allocate a breed number, acronym or a code to the breeds they register.

Coordinating Bodies

The World Cat Congress (WCC) is an international coordinating organisation of the largest cat registries. The WCC operates an "open Doors" policy by which cats registered with one registry can be shown under the rules of another registry.