The Governing Council of the Cat Fancy is the main feline federation in Great Britain. The statistics established from the pedigrees delivered by the GCCF in the last 10 years, confirm the steady position of pure breed cats.
The British Shorthair is now the number one breed in Great Britain, ahead of the Persian, which however remains the most popular breed in the world.
Besides, the British Shorthair has enjoyed a constant growth of its number since 1992. If this rhythm remained the same for the 5 next years, there’d be chances that the breed kept its first place, but also that it’d leave its direct concurrent far behind.
On the other hand, the Persian, which represented a third of the total number of births at the beginning of the 90’s, has completely fallen down in the last 6 years: 9.341 registrations in 1996, for 5.062 in 2001. If the number of registrations keeps on decreasing at the same pace, the Persian may very well fall behind two other fashionable breeds, the Bengal and the Ragdoll. The first breed has known the largest increase since 1996, while the second has multiplied its number by 4 in then years.
In the breeds under 1.000 pedigrees delivered , the Asian shows a sensible progression and may very quickly come into the top 10.
Beyond those individual features, the population of the pure breed cats has been very steady in the last 10 years. The peak was reached in 1996 with 33.686 pedigrees delivered, and the lowest level was in 2000, with only 28.842 pedigrees. The yearly average is around 30.000 pedigrees. Which allows us to estimate at around 300.000 living cats the feline population controlled by the GCCF.
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