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Singapura The Singapura (United States in 1970's) is is one of of those breads that provoked a flurry of excited publicity,which in turn brought not a little grumpiness from breeders wearly of the public appitite for novolty.And there was a little bit of cloak and dagger to the story of the singapura orgins.As time has passed,other nolvoties have destracted the croud,but these charming,small cats have become an established,if minority,intrest in the cat world.

Breed Orgins Singapura is the Malay name for the island of Singapore.The original breedersand champions of the Singapura,Hal and Tommy Meadow,said that they bought three local cats back from Singapure in 1975,which were the foundation of the breed.These were said to be strays,and they were markedly smaller than cats found in the West.The three cats were named Ticle and Tes,male and female litter- mate kittens, and Puss'e,a young female.The meadows presented the Singapura to CFA as a natural breed in 1981 and it was fully recognized in 1988.However,Tommy had been a breeder of Abyssinians,Burmese and Siamese since 1955,and as the Singapura was distinguished not only by it's size,but also by the innate characteristics of two of these breeds,pointed questions were asked.Some concerned Documents showing that the Meadows had imoported three cats into Singapore in 1975.In 1990 the CFA board looked into the issue and the Meadows addmited that Malay cats had been brought back earlier,without proper import papers.However,since the ticked tabby and sepia genes both originated from Southeast Asia, and since another importand Singapora cat shelter,the Singapura breed was allowed to stand.Having won recognition abroad,it has latterly caught the imagination back in Singapore.In 1990 the Singapora Tourist Promotion Board nominated the cat as a mascot and held a "Name the Singapoe River Cats" contest.The winner was kucinta meaning "sweet little cat" a name that can,confusingly,be found on products bearing images of cats without no resemblance to a Singapora.Life-size statues of cats and kittens now stroll and play among other scutptures along Singapore River.