I have volunteered at our shelter in some form for almost 9 years now, and I don't ever remember seeing so many "fancy" cats. That's what I call the cats that look to be a pure breed. Over the last year we have seen more Himmies than in the whole 9 years I have been there. We have had several siamese cats, a couple exotics, and possibly even some Persians. Now none of our cats come with papers, so we don't gaurntee the breed, but there just seems to be an increase in "fancy" cats being surrendered or dumped at our door. Our treasurer is in North Carolina for the holidays, and she will be bringing back what appears to be a Persian or Himmie (I haven't see the photos yet so I'm not sure which), that she found wandering the streets of the military base her daughter lives on. She tried to find a place for the kitty down there, but had no success. So she is bringing him back to Wisconsin with her. The really funny thing is that she bought him a coat so he will stay warm when he gets here
. So this made me wonder, are other seeing the same increas in Pure Breed cats at their shelters?