Patrick Kelley

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Patrick Kelley

Patrick Kelley (Born 1962) is one of the founders of the Savannah Cat Breed. Savannahs gained worldwide popularity and recognition in the late 1990's. The first known Savannah (pairing of an African Serval and a Domestic cat ) was achieved in the Mid-1980's by breeder Judee Frank. The F1 female resulting from this breeding was named "Savannah," and most appropriately, is the official name of this fascinating breed today, more than 20 years later. However, the breed was actually named after the savannahs of Africa: the grasslands from which the breed's serval ancestors originate.

Judee Frank's Savannah attracted the interest of Patrick Kelley, who purchased one of Savannah's kittens. Patrick Kelley's enthusiasm and vision for establishing a new domestic breed based on the Serval / domestic cat cross prompted him to research what steps would be needed to be recognized and accepted by an official feline registry.

Armed with that information, obtained from Leslie Bowers at TICA, Patrick approached several breeders who owned Servals and encouraged them to attempt the development of this breed. Initially, very few breeders were interested. But Patrick persisted and finally convinced one breeder, Joyce Sroufe, to join him in his efforts. Patrick and Joyce wrote the original breed standard and presented it to the TICA Board of Directors in February 1996. Today, Patrick's well-known SavannahCat.com website is the foremost promoter of the breed on the internet and he has also had much success promoting Savannahs on television and print media.. The Savannah has been featured on the Today Show, CNN, the New York Times, National Geographic publications and Cat Fancy, just to name a few.[1][2]

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