Fédération_Internationale_Féline

Fédération Internationale Féline

Fédération Internationale Féline

International federation of cat registries

The Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFé) (International Feline Federation) is a federation of cat registries. There are currently forty-two member organizations in forty countries. Membership spans Europe, South America, and Asia.[1] FIFé is one of the nine members of the World Cat Congress.[2]

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History

Founded by Marguerite Ravel, the federation was unofficially started in 1949 in Paris, France, at a meeting between the Fédération Féline Française (French Cat Federation), the Royal Cat Society of Flanders, and the Associazione Nazionale Felina Italiana (Italian National Feline Association).[3] At the organisation's first general assembly, in Ghent, Belgium, the federation was officially founded. For the occasion, all participants received a cat shaped statuette, in pink sandstone, that Marguerite Ravel had commissioned from the sculptor Jan Martel.[4]

The original name was Fédération Internationale Féline d'Europe or FIFE. In 1972, the Brazilian Cat Club joined, making it necessary to change the Euro-centric name of the federation. The d'Europe was dropped, and the abbreviation was changed to FIFé.[4]

Organisation

FIFé is organized into national sub-federations (e.g. Felis Britannica in the United Kingdom) which handle pedigree registrations, cat shows and awards in each country. FIFé's executive board and general assembly are supported by five commissions:

  • Judges and Standards Commission
  • Breeding and Registration Commission
  • Show Commission
  • Health and Welfare Commission
  • Disciplinary Commission

Members

  • Asociación Felina Argentina –  Argentina (1988)
  • Klub der Katzenfreunde –  Austria (1950)
  • Österreichischer Verband für die Zucht und Haltung von Edelkatzen –  Austria (1979)
  • Felis Belgica vzw –  Belgium (1949)
  • National Federation of Felinology –  Bulgaria (2006)
  • Federação Felina Brasileira –  Brazil (1972)
  • Felinolog –  Belarus (1994)
  • Fédération Féline Helvétique –  Switzerland (1949)
  • China Cat Union –  China (2018)
  • Asociación Club Felino Colombiano –  Colombia (2009)
  • Český svaz chovatelů – Sdružení chovatelů koček –  Czech Republic (1968)
  • Deutscher Edelkatzenzüchter Verband e.V. –  Germany (1951)
  • Landsforeningen Felis Danica –  Denmark (1950)
  • Eesti Kassikasvatajate Liit –  Estonia (1994)
  • Asociación Felina Española –  Spain (1978)
  • Suomen Kissaliitto r.y. –  Finland (1961)
  • Fédération Féline Française –  France (1949)
  • Felis Britannica –  United Kingdom (2005)
  • Feline Federation of Greece –  Greece (1999)
  • Savez Felinoloških Društava Hrvatske –  Croatia (1994)
  • Felis Hungarica - Magyar Macskások Egyesülete –  Hungary (2008)
  • Indonesian Cat Association –  Indonesia (2007)
  • Kynjakettir Kattaræktarfélag Íslands –  Iceland (1995)
  • Associazione Nazionale Felina Italiana –  Italy (1949)
  • Verein der Katzenzüchter Liechtensteins –  Liechtenstein (1981)
  • Lithuanian Felinology Association –  Latvia (1994)
  • Cat Fanciers Clubs Association –  Latvia (1995)
  • Lux-Cat-Club (Fédération Féline Luxembourgeoise) –  Luxembourg (1983)
  • Association Feline Felis Moldova –  Moldova (2015)
  • Federacion Felina de México A.C. –  Mexico (1982)
  • Kelab Kucing Malaysia –  Malaysia (1985)
  • Felikat –  Netherlands (1949)
  • Vereniging Mundikat –  Netherlands (1979)
  • Norske Rasekattklubbers Riksforbund –  Norway (1951)
  • Polska Federacja Felinologiczna - Felis Polonia –  Poland (2007)
  • Clube Português de Felinicultura –  Portugal (1987)
  • Felis Romania –  Romania (2007)
  • Felis Russica –  Russia (1989)
  • Zveza Felinoloških Društev Slovenije –  Slovenia (1981)
  • Federácia Felis Slovakia –  Slovakia (1993)
  • Ukrainian Felinology Union –  Ukraine (1998)

Recognized breeds

FIFé currently recognizes 48 official breeds of cat for championship competitions. All breeds are divided into four categories and identified with a three-letter code, according to the Easy Mind System (EMS), used by FIFé and all its members to easily identify cats by alphanumeric codes.[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Fédération Internationale Féline - Members". fifeweb.org. Archived from the original on 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  2. [2]
    "The Members of the WCC". worldcatcongress.org. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  3. [3]
    "La Storia". ANFItalia.it (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale Felina Italiana. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
  4. [4]
    "Introduction to the FIFé". FIFeWeb.org. Fédération Internationale Féline. Archived from the original on 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  5. [5]
    "Easy Mind System". FIFeWeb.org. Fédération Internationale Féline. Archived from the original on 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
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