dviry13
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Hi everyone!
Every once in a while I meet/hear about people that have negative things to say about the Sphynx breed (whether due to lack of information or pure stupidity, without ever even seeing one of those).
Just came across a thread on a german cooking site (! yes, cooking site) - Hat jemand von Euch eine Sphynx-Katze? | Hund, Katze, Maus Forum
Basically someone asked info about this race, and the 2nd reply he got was sort of "why the heck would you get a defect breed"..
I'll try to translate the biggest chunk of his reply:
QUOTE: "Fell in cats is not only decorative, just to please our eyes. It has a function, just like the tail, long legs, straight ears (and not bent) - the Sphynx - the vibrissae.... One breeds a species without features that are intended by nature, then you breed her so literally to disabilities and impairments. Is that necessary? Man must cultivate all, just because he can? It must be the ultimate "exotic animal ", the super striking appearance? Where is the benefit to the animal?
... But I would never be buying such extreme breeds even if legal, (if whiskers are missing, they are considered as such) to torment breeding, support . This has absolutely nothing to do with love of animals, but only with the human, selfish desire for the unusual." - END OF QUOTE
You can check the whole thread (in German) and see how others have the same opinions, based again on wrong facts and pure misunderstanding...
Those things make me sad. Stupidity seems sometimes contagious, and the opposite of what such forums are supposed to do...
Gladly I'll be back home soon with my own Sissi...
Take care,
Leon
Every once in a while I meet/hear about people that have negative things to say about the Sphynx breed (whether due to lack of information or pure stupidity, without ever even seeing one of those).
Just came across a thread on a german cooking site (! yes, cooking site) - Hat jemand von Euch eine Sphynx-Katze? | Hund, Katze, Maus Forum
Basically someone asked info about this race, and the 2nd reply he got was sort of "why the heck would you get a defect breed"..
I'll try to translate the biggest chunk of his reply:
QUOTE: "Fell in cats is not only decorative, just to please our eyes. It has a function, just like the tail, long legs, straight ears (and not bent) - the Sphynx - the vibrissae.... One breeds a species without features that are intended by nature, then you breed her so literally to disabilities and impairments. Is that necessary? Man must cultivate all, just because he can? It must be the ultimate "exotic animal ", the super striking appearance? Where is the benefit to the animal?
... But I would never be buying such extreme breeds even if legal, (if whiskers are missing, they are considered as such) to torment breeding, support . This has absolutely nothing to do with love of animals, but only with the human, selfish desire for the unusual." - END OF QUOTE
You can check the whole thread (in German) and see how others have the same opinions, based again on wrong facts and pure misunderstanding...
Those things make me sad. Stupidity seems sometimes contagious, and the opposite of what such forums are supposed to do...
Gladly I'll be back home soon with my own Sissi...

Take care,
Leon