California Spangled
California Spangled Cat is an American breed, deliberately created by Paul Casey, the Holywood screen writer, with a carefully planned program. The program started in 1971. The idea was to create a miniture leopard by using a combination of purely domestic stock. By 1991 the breed had been accepted by two American associations (TICA and the ACA). A California Spangled Cat Association was founded, with Paul Casey as its president. The introduction of the cat to the public was quite unusual and in a Californian style: in 1986 the Spangled kittens appeared in the Christmas mail-order catalogs of Neiman Marcus. They were offered in present package, in 'any color clients may desire to match their clothes or their house decorations'. Thus the poor Spangled appeared to be purely commercial cat, a designer cat for 'the luxury market, sold as high-priced toys'. Its representative is registered in the Guiness Book of Records as the most expensive cat in the world, it was sold at a price of $24,000 in 1987. The special feature of this short-haired cat is that its coat is covered in distinct, conspicuous, round, black spots. Its long, well-muscled body is carried low, as if the animal is permanently on the hunt. In a strange way, this low-slung walk makes the cat reminiscent of a much larger feline species. The blunt tail always has a black tip. The cat is characterized by its owners as expressive, good-tempered, active, athletic and unusually intelligent. Color forms: Black; Blue; Bronze; Brown; Charcoal; Gold; Red; Silver; White. 
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