Elf Cats

I adore sphynxs and i had them for many years- every single one of them died young from cancer :( i fear there is something wrong with the breed and thats why im scared to get another one because they steal your hearts so theres no way you wont pay all those vet bills to try to save them.

While the kitten is cute, my worry is less about humans playing God and more about the potential fall-out of, "I must have that" behavior where folks will rush out to get the newest, unique thing, not considering that this is a living creature that cannot be tossed aside when the novelty wears off or if medical issues crop up. Although, playing God has gained us Boxers with pelvises so narrow birth can only happen through cesarean section, and many other breeds with physical and psychological deformities.

I have a greater issue with humans mutilating animals to achieve a certain "Standard of Beauty": cropping ears, docking tails on certain breeds of dogs, declawing cats, and mutilating the hooves of Tennessee Walkers to achieve "the Big Lick"gait. Just to name a few common practices.

As for cats needing fur and ears, generally true, although Mother Nature has seen fit to prove otherwise by spitting out genetic anomalies once in a while. The Sphynx cat which is hairless and became an established breed in the 1960's is a result of selective breeding to achieve repeatability of the hairless anomaly. The same thing happened with the ears of the Scottish Fold; a genetic mutation that occurred naturally and then was selectively bred until it was a repeated anomaly - also in the 1960's. (I'll refrain from making the genetic-mutation/psychedelic era connection!) Then there is the American Curl cat, another genetic anomaly that has ears resembling a lynx with a flipped-back tip.

I am with those who are against breeding new kinds of animals, cats included. We should leave changes to the laws of nature, not our fumbling notions and hands. Yes, they may look cute to some, but to me they look very sad and lost in any place but inside your room. This is a crime against nature and we have better and more important thing to work on in this world.

Contact the breeders: info@ArwenElfCats.com

Karen and Kristin

Let them know what you think about their playing God!

If people would not buy them, they'd stop breeding them. I wouldn't mind having one but I'd rather save it from a pound than pay some unscrupulous breeder. Humans suck!

This right here is what's wrong with humans. We are so arrogant as to think we can and should control the way animals look. Doing this to a kitty is just plain cruel. Kitties are meant to have hair and ears. They are not meant to look like this. Human intervention has ruined so many breeds of dogs. They have been sentenced to lives of pain for no other reason but to "look" a certain way. German Shepherds can barely walk. Bulldogs have trouble even breathing. Cancer and other genetic diseases run through whole breeds, devastating owners and enriching breeders. A kitty like this should never be allowed to reproduce.

Gollum, is that you?

so cute!