Fédération Internationale Féline Explained

Fédération Internationale Féline
Size:	150px
Formation:	1949
Founders:	Marguerite Ravel
Abbreviation:	FIFe
Area Served:	Worldwide
Leader Title:	President
Leader Name:	Annette Sjödin
Leader Title2:	Vice President
Leader Name2:	Veikko Saarela
Board Of Directors:	Annette Sjödin, Veikko Saarela, Eric Reijers, Charles Spijker, Leo van de Haterd, Karl Preiss
Num Members:	42 in 40 countries

The French: italic=unset|Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFé) (International Feline Federation) is a federation of cat registries. There are currently forty-two member organizations in forty countries. Membership spans Europe, South America, and Asia.^[1] FIFé is one of the nine members of the World Cat Congress.^[2]

History

Founded by Marguerite Ravel, the federation was unofficially started in 1949 in Paris, France, at a meeting between the French: italic=unset|[[Fédération Féline Française]] (French Cat Federation), the Royal Cat Society of Flanders, and the Italian: italic=unset|[[Associazione Nazionale Felina Italiana]] (Italian National Feline Association).^[3] At the organisation's first general assembly, in Ghent, Belgium, the federation was officially founded. For the occasion, all participants received a cat shaped statuette, in pink sandstone, that Marguerite Ravel had commissioned from the sculptor Jan Martel.

The original name was French: italic=unset|Fédération Internationale Féline d'Europe or FIFE. In 1972, the Brazilian Cat Club joined, making it necessary to change the Euro-centric name of the federation. The French: d'Europe was dropped, and the abbreviation was changed to FIFé.^[4]

Organisation

FIFé is organized into national sub-federations (e.g. Felis Britannica in the United Kingdom) which handle pedigree registrations, cat shows and awards in each country. FIFé's executive board and general assembly are supported by five commissions:

• Judges and Standards Commission
• Breeding and Registration Commission
• Show Commission
• Health and Welfare Commission
• Disciplinary Commission

Members

• Asociación Felina Argentina – (1988)
• Klub der Katzenfreunde – (1950)
• Österreichischer Verband für die Zucht und Haltung von Edelkatzen – (1979)
• Felis Belgica vzw – (1949)
• National Federation of Felinology – (2006)
• Federação Felina Brasileira – (1972)
• Felinolog – (1994)
• Fédération Féline Helvétique – (1949)
• China Cat Union – (2018)
• Asociación Club Felino Colombiano – (2009)
• Český svaz chovatelů – Sdružení chovatelů koček – (1968)
• Deutscher Edelkatzenzüchter Verband e.V. – (1951)
• Landsforeningen Felis Danica – (1950)
• Eesti Kassikasvatajate Liit – (1994)
• Asociación Felina Española – (1978)
• Suomen Kissaliitto r.y. – (1961)
• Fédération Féline Française – (1949)
• Felis Britannica – (2005)
• Feline Federation of Greece – (1999)
• Savez Felinoloških Društava Hrvatske – (1994)
• Felis Hungarica - Magyar Macskások Egyesülete – (2008)
• Indonesian Cat Association – Indonesia (2007)
• Kynjakettir Kattaræktarfélag Íslands – (1995)
• Associazione Nazionale Felina Italiana – (1949)
• Verein der Katzenzüchter Liechtensteins – (1981)
• Lithuanian Felinology Association – (1994)
• Cat Fanciers Clubs Association – (1995)
• Lux-Cat-Club (Fédération Féline Luxembourgeoise) – (1983)
• Association Feline Felis Moldova – (2015)
• Federacion Felina de México A.C. – (1982)
• Kelab Kucing Malaysia – (1985)
• Felikat – (1949)
• Vereniging Mundikat – (1979)
• Norske Rasekattklubbers Riksforbund – (1951)
• Polska Federacja Felinologiczna - Felis Polonia – (2007)
• Clube Português de Felinicultura – (1987)
• Felis Romania – (2007)
• Felis Russica – (1989)
• Zveza Felinoloških Društev Slovenije – (1981)
• Federácia Felis Slovakia – (1993)
• Ukrainian Felinology Union – (1998)

Recognized breeds

FIFé currently recognizes 48 official breeds of cat for championship competitions. All breeds are divided into four categories and identified with a three-letter code, according to the Easy Mind System (EMS), used by FIFé and all its members to easily identify cats by alphanumeric codes.^[5]

See also

• List of cat breeds
• List of cat registries
• Fédération Cynologique Internationale for dogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fédération Internationale Féline - Members. fifeweb.org. 2017-12-28. 2020-07-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20200718011823/http://www1.fifeweb.org/wp/org/org_mem.php. dead.
2. Web site: The Members of the WCC. worldcatcongress.org . 2017-12-30.
3. Web site: La Storia . 2023-11-11 . ANFItalia.it . it . Associazione Nazionale Felina Italiana.
4. Web site: Introduction to the FIFé . Fédération Internationale Féline . FIFeWeb.org . 2017-12-28 . 2020-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200727185457/http://fifeweb.org/wp/org/org_intro.php . dead .
5. Web site: Easy Mind System . Fédération Internationale Féline . FIFeWeb.org . 2018-01-05 . 2021-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210309175510/http://www.fifeweb.org/wp/breeds/breeds_ems.php . dead .