Updated 1/29/09

	Kittens raised under foot and on shoulders, F-2 - SBT RWCH RoJon Maytag Girl; a devoted mother to her litter of precious babies.

	One interesting fact about the leopard cat is that is the only wild cat to be successfully used in a domestic-wild hybrid breeding program who's SBT progeny are eligible for Championship competition, giving rise to the beautiful and mild mannered Bengal breed.

	This is Azura.

	And mild mannered they are....

	Azura lives in Denver with Marshall & Chelsie Bendelac.

	....and of course, spoiled.

	Samantha with Sophie.

	This is Buckwheat and Trinket.

	Buckwheat (pictured at 8 weeks of age) lives in Craig, Colorado with Bill and Nancy Muldoon.

	Retired Breeders Available QGCH Cazpurr Bogart of Rojon Bogart has retired from breeding. He gets along well with other cats and is looking for his forever home.

	For additional photos of Bogart, click here.

	RW CH Suite Sophia Souffle of Rojon Sophia is a very friendly, outgoing lap cat - looking for her forever home.

	Scarlet O Hare

	Scarlet O Hare is retired from breeding.  She is 3 years old and loves dogs and other kitties.  Scarlet is looking for her forever home.

	Rescue Available Tara Tara is an 8 year old lovable girl; she loves her humans, but is not fond of other animals.  She needs to be in a home with no other cats.  She is a lap cat and loves to play.

Sokoke Cats - History Sokoke cats (or African Shorthair) originated from the Sokoke Arabuke forest in Kenia and became known in Europe in the 20th century.  In 1978 a Kenyan farmer found a litter of kittens in a coconut plantation.  They were very special with a "blotched tabby" pattern and "foreign" body type.  Like many African species, these cats are virtually extinct in the wild.  The first Sokoke cats were imported to Denmark in the 1980's.  Records of them and their offspring have been kept very carefully.  Sokoke cats were accepted by FIFe only in 1993.  This breed preserves unique genes that are unknown among the traditional cat breeds.  They remain a real feline mystery, because they could belong to an unknown genus or may be a mixture of an African wild cat and a European domestic cat.  Some scientists consider the Sokoke cat to be the missing link to the emergence of the classic tabby pattern in the majority of all domesticated cats.

	TICA has accepted the Sokoke since August 29th of 2003 for registration, and we hope to advance by 2006 to new breed.

	The Kenyan tribes differentiate three wild genera of these cats and several domesticated ones.  In ancient times these cats were part of the diet of the Giriama tribe and were eaten in preference to the domestic stock.  The Giriama name for Sokoke cats is "Katzonzo," which means: "look like tree bark."

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