Hi, I'm a first-time cat owner and an American currently living in Hong Kong. I've had lots of cat questions since I picked up my kitty from the SPCA a month ago and was lucky enough to find (in addition to this website, which has been great!) a pet supply store run by a local couple who breed and show British Shorthairs and also have some other show cats. They've been very helpful and have the most beautiful cats I've ever seen. The British Shorthairs are so gorgeous with their full faces and dense, plush fur! If I ever get another cat...oh well, I have a beautiful "one of a kind" stubby-tailed, long-earred, abundantly whiskered creature sitting beside me as I type...who could wish for more?
Anyway, the man was telling me more about the business in pedigree cats in Hong Kong. Some show quality cats from Australian and the US are bought by disreputable people and then resold in Hong Kong for about US $30,000!!! He also told me that they are originally bought from the breeders for something like US $12,000!!! Is that really what they cost? I don't have any intention of ever getting a show quality cat, but I'm a little curious!
Please be careful who you sell your lovely furbabies to! It's disgusting to think of living creatures being traded in such a manner, although of course much worse things happen to animals in Asia.
Anyway, the man was telling me more about the business in pedigree cats in Hong Kong. Some show quality cats from Australian and the US are bought by disreputable people and then resold in Hong Kong for about US $30,000!!! He also told me that they are originally bought from the breeders for something like US $12,000!!! Is that really what they cost? I don't have any intention of ever getting a show quality cat, but I'm a little curious!
Please be careful who you sell your lovely furbabies to! It's disgusting to think of living creatures being traded in such a manner, although of course much worse things happen to animals in Asia.