Last litter for zale 21 March, 2008. One black/white male. At first, You, will think that he, an outsider of all-most anything, but don’t be surprised...

The History of a cat from Devonshire

The History of the Devon Rex begins with the appearance of a red and white male "Kallibunker" was born in Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. Mrs Ennismoore, who was the owner of the mother cat quickly realised that this was something special. The little male was covered with a dense curly coat. Even the whiskers were curly which gave him the look of an old english lord. As Mrs Ennismoore actually bred Rex rabbits the new mutation was given the name "Rex Cats". Kallibunker was mated with his mother which resulted in another two curly boys and one straighthaired girl. The mating was repeated and again resulted in more curly offspring. Unfortunately, short thereafter, Kallibunker died. One of the sons, named Polhu took his place. This was remarkable since Polhu was blue-creme, a color otherwise genderdetermined only for females.Because of inbreeding it was soon neccessary to outcross on other breeds and the Cornish lost its sirelike proportions. At this time Alison Ashford decided to import a greatgrandson of Kallibunkers from Canada, Kismet. The result was new wonderful kittens with the desired cornishtype.

Approximately at this time, a mrs. Cox from Devonshire reported having a litter of which one had a curly coat. This boy received the name Kirlee and was tried out in the breeding program for the rexes. To everyones surprise the result of mixing the cornish with the devon rex only resulted in straighthaired kittens. This way it was determined to be different types of genotype. The cornish rextype was named breed type 33 for genetype one and the devon type was named 33a for the second genetype.

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