Associations and federations

 

The federations

The federation is a group of associations that it take care of:

- to maintain the registry international of the cattery
- it instructs and it examines the international judges

- it defines the standard and the scores

- give the rules for the exposures

- it maintains the international connections

There are little federations and the rules defined inside of everyone must be accepted from all the associations of that federation. Moreover the rules of every federation can differ from those of the others. The titles obtained from a federation can not be accepted from the others.

Currently there are:

- The World Cat Federation (WCF) http://www.wcf-online.de

- Fédération Internationale Féline d’Europe (FIFe) http://www.fifeweb.org

- The Cat Fanciers Association Inc. (CFA) http://www.cfainc.org/

- The International Cat Association (TICA) http://www.tica.org/

- The Australian Cat Federaton Inc. (ACF)

The associations

The association has the task to maintain the registries of the cats, to organize the expo, to maintain the registry of the breeders.

In WCF there are these italian associations:

- Associanzioni Feline Federate (AFeF) http://www.afefonline.com/

- Associanzioni Felina Italiana (AFI) http://www.afionline.it/

- Federacione Italiana Associazioni Feline (FIAF) http://www.fiafonline.it/

- Serenissima Cat Club (ISCC) http://www.serenissimacatclub.it/

 

In FIFe there is:

- Associazione Nazionale Felina Italiana (ANFI) http://www.anfitalia.it/

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