MANX CATS
Bid To Save Breed (N.Z. Press Assn. —Copyright) LONDON, April 13. The Isle of Man Government had established an experimental cat farm to safeguard the disappearing race of ‘Tumpies''—the tail-less Manx cats, the "Guardian” reported. Thirteen cats and three kittens were involved in first experiments to breed out mis-markings in the island’s most famous ambassadors. The Government veterinary officer said there were more cats with tails than without on the island and the breed was in distinct danger of disappearing. The history of the breed is unknown. The earliest reference to it is in a Manx dictionary of 1835. which lists “Stubbin—a cat without a tail.” The veterinary officer said the lack of a tail was an abnormality which in some cases caused partial paralysis of the cat’s back iegs. It was a mutation transmitted for at least 200 years.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29798, 14 April 1962, Page 11
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142MANX CATS Press, Volume CI, Issue 29798, 14 April 1962, Page 11
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