UMary Allen
Intshayelelo: I-Ocicat njengohlobo olulodwa lweFeline
I-Ocicat luhlobo lwekati olunomdla olwaziwayo ngenkangeleko yalo eyahlukileyo kunye nobuntu obudlamkileyo. Olu hlobo longezelelo olutsha kwilizwe lekati, luqale eMelika ngeminyaka yoo-1960. I-Ocicat luhlobo oluxubileyo olwadalwa ngokuwela iikati zaseSiamese, Abyssinian, kunye neAmerican Shorthair. Olu hlobo lunesiphumo lunepateni ekhethekileyo yedyasi efana naleyo yeOcelot yasendle, kungoko igama elithi "Ocicat."
I-Ocicat yinzala ekrelekrele kakhulu kwaye isebenzayo eyenza iqabane elikhulu kwabo bafuna isilwanyana sasekhaya esisebenzisanayo nesidlalayo. Ezi kati zaziwa ngobuntu bazo obuphumayo kunye nokuthanda ukuba phakathi kwabantu. Bakwaqeqeshelwa kakhulu kwaye banokufunda amaqhinga ahlukeneyo, okubenza babe lukhetho olukhulu kwabo bafuna ukuqeqesha iikati zabo. Ngokubanzi, i-Ocicat luhlobo olunomdla kunye nolukhethekileyo oluqinisekileyo lokuthimba iintliziyo zabo bonke abadibana nabo.
Imvelaphi kunye neMbali ye-Ocicat: Isishwankathelo esifutshane
Inzala yeOcicat yadalwa eMelika ngeminyaka yoo-1960 ngumfuyi ogama linguVirginia Daly. UDaly wayefuna ukwenza uhlobo lwekati enenkangeleko yasendle ye-Ocelot kodwa ngohlobo lwasekhaya lwekati yasekhaya. Ukufezekisa oku, wawela iikati ze-Siamese, i-Abyssinian, kunye ne-American Shorthair kwinkqubo ekhethiweyo yokuzala.
I-Ocicat yokuqala yazalwa ngo-1964, kwaye uhlobo lwaye lwamkelwa ngokusemthethweni yi-Cat Fanciers 'Association (CFA) ngo-1987. Ukususela ngoko, i-Ocicat iye yaba yintlobo eyaziwayo ngenxa yenkangeleko yayo ekhethekileyo kunye nobuntu obunobuhlobo. Namhlanje, i-Ocicat yamkelwa kuzo zonke iirejistri ezinkulu zeekati, kwaye kukho abafuyi abaninzi kunye nemibutho ejongene nokukhulisa abantwana abakhethekileyo kolu hlobo lunomdla lwekati.