Fédération Internationale Féline
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The Script error: No such module "Lang". (FIFé) (International Feline Federation) is a federation of cat registries. There are currently forty-two member organizations in forty countries. Membership spans Europe, South America, and Asia.[1] FIFé is one of the nine members of the World Cat Congress.[2]
History
Founded by Marguerite Ravel, the federation was unofficially started in 1949 in Paris, France, at a meeting between the Script error: No such module "Lang". (French Cat Federation), the Royal Cat Society of Flanders, and the Script error: No such module "Lang". (Italian National Feline Association).[3] At the organisation's first general assembly, in Ghent, Belgium, the federation was officially founded. For the occasion, all participants received a cat shaped statuette, in pink sandstone, that Marguerite Ravel had commissioned from the sculptor Jan Martel.[4]
The original name was Script error: No such module "Lang". or FIFE. In 1972, the Brazilian Cat Club joined, making it necessary to change the Euro-centric name of the federation. The Script error: No such module "Lang". was dropped, and the abbreviation was changed to FIFé.[4]
Organisation
FIFé is organized into national sub-federations (e.g. Felis Britannica in the United Kingdom) which handle pedigree registrations, cat shows and awards in each country. FIFé's executive board and general assembly are supported by five commissions:
- Judges and Standards Commission
- Breeding and Registration Commission
- Show Commission
- Health and Welfare Commission
- Disciplinary Commission
Members
- Asociación Felina Argentina – Script error: No such module "flag". (1988)
- Klub der Katzenfreunde – Script error: No such module "flag". (1950)
- Österreichischer Verband für die Zucht und Haltung von Edelkatzen – Script error: No such module "flag". (1979)
- Felis Belgica vzw – Script error: No such module "flag". (1949)
- National Federation of Felinology – Script error: No such module "flag". (2006)
- Federação Felina Brasileira – Script error: No such module "flag". (1972)
- Felinolog – Script error: No such module "flag". (1994)
- Fédération Féline Helvétique – Script error: No such module "flag". (1949)
- China Cat Union – Template:China (2018)
- Asociación Club Felino Colombiano – Script error: No such module "flag". (2009)
- Český svaz chovatelů – Sdružení chovatelů koček – Script error: No such module "flag". (1968)
- Deutscher Edelkatzenzüchter Verband e.V. – Template:GER (1951)
- Landsforeningen Felis Danica – Script error: No such module "flag". (1950)
- Eesti Kassikasvatajate Liit – Script error: No such module "flag". (1994)
- Asociación Felina Española – Template:SPN (1978)
- Suomen Kissaliitto r.y. – Script error: No such module "flag". (1961)
- Fédération Féline Française – Script error: No such module "flag". (1949)
- Felis Britannica – Script error: No such module "flag". (2005)
- Feline Federation of Greece – Script error: No such module "flag". (1999)
- Savez Felinoloških Društava Hrvatske – Template:CRO (1994)
- Felis Hungarica - Magyar Macskások Egyesülete – Script error: No such module "flag". (2008)
- Indonesian Cat Association – Template:Country data Indonesia (2007)
- Kynjakettir Kattaræktarfélag Íslands – Script error: No such module "flag". (1995)
- Associazione Nazionale Felina Italiana – Script error: No such module "flag". (1949)
- Verein der Katzenzüchter Liechtensteins – Script error: No such module "flag". (1981)
- Lithuanian Felinology Association BUBASTE– Template:LIT (1994)
- Cat Fanciers Clubs Association – Script error: No such module "flag". (1995)
- Lux-Cat-Club (Fédération Féline Luxembourgeoise) – Script error: No such module "flag". (1983)
- Association Feline Felis Moldova – Template:MLD (2015)
- Federacion Felina de México A.C. – Script error: No such module "flag". (1982)
- Kelab Kucing Malaysia – Script error: No such module "flag". (1985)
- Felikat – Script error: No such module "flag". (1949)
- Vereniging Mundikat – Script error: No such module "flag". (1979)
- Norske Rasekattklubbers Riksforbund – Script error: No such module "flag". (1951)
- Polska Federacja Felinologiczna - Felis Polonia – Script error: No such module "flag". (2007)
- Clube Português de Felinicultura – Script error: No such module "flag". (1987)
- Felis Romania – Script error: No such module "flag". (2007)
- Felis Russica – Script error: No such module "flag". (1989)
- Zveza Felinoloških Društev Slovenije – Script error: No such module "flag". (1981)
- Federácia Felis Slovakia – Script error: No such module "flag". (1993)
- Sveriges Kattklubbars Riksförbund (SVERAK) - Script error: No such module "flag". (1955)
- Ukrainian Felinology Union – Script error: No such module "flag". (1998)
Recognized breeds
FIFé currently recognizes 48 official breeds of cat for championship competitions. All breeds are divided into four categories and identified with a three-letter code, according to the Easy Mind System (EMS), used by FIFé and all its members to easily identify cats by alphanumeric codes.[5]