World Cat Federation
The World Cat Federation , or WCF for short , is an international association of cat clubs that is registered in Essen and was founded in 1988. Currently 370 associations worldwide belong to the WCF. The current president is Anneliese Hackmann from Essen , who also heads the association “Deutsche Edelkatze eV”.
activities
The WCF participates in the legislative process (including in the European Parliament in Strasbourg ) for the development of animal welfare laws in working groups and parliamentary hearings.
The WCF enables the breeders of its affiliated associations to have their kennel names registered internationally so that these names are protected within the sphere of influence of the WCF. The WCF creates standards for pedigree cats, of which it has currently published 103. The WCF trains judges for exhibitions, enables their training and organizes their exams. The WCF has established rules for the exhibitions, which determine both the course of an exhibition and the division of the participating cats into individual classes.