Bombay Cat

In 1943, Nikki Homer began the breeding of cats at the age of 16 Siamese cats have been bred in his kennel Shawnee, but it was his work in Burma and the American Shorthair which has led to the creation of a completely new breed The Bombay cat. His inspiration was a black leopard in India, and decided to call the race after the Indian city of Mumbai. In 1953, he began to breed a female sable Burmese cats male American shorthair black cat with eyes the color of the copper he wanted. The first attempt resulted in breeding black Bombay cat litter, because black is dominant, the sable, but every black cat carries the recessive gene sable. It took several litters a line of breeding and cross breeding program to achieve the breed standard gloss black cat with eyes of gilded copper. In 1958 he had consistently produce what we know today in Bombay cat. Cat Association was thrilled the first to recognize the cat Bombay as a new breed in 1976.