Fédération Internationale Féline
Logo of the FIFe | |
| Abbreviation | FIFe |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1949 |
| Founders | Marguerite Ravel |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Members | 42 in 40 countries |
President | Annette Sjödin |
Vice President | Veikko Saarela |
| Annette Sjödin, Veikko Saarela, Eric Reijers, Charles Spijker, Jürg Keller-Friskovec, Karl Preiss | |
| Website | fifeweb |
Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFé) (lit. 'International Feline Federation') is a federation of felidae animals (mainly cats). The federation currently has 42 members from 40 countries.[1] FIFé is one of the nine members of the World Cat Congress.[2]
History
It was founded by "French cat-lover Madame Marguérite Miggy Ravel" in 1949.[3]
The federation was unofficially started in 1949 in Paris, France, at a meeting between the Fédération Féline Française (French Cat Federation), the Royal Cat Society of Flanders, and the Associazione Nazionale Felina Italiana (Italian National Feline Association).[4] 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.[5]
The original name was Fédération Internationale Féline d'Europe (FIFE). In 1972, the Brazilian Cat Club (Portuguese: Clube Brasileiro do Gato) joined, making it necessary to change the Euro-centric name of the federation. The d'Europe (lit. 'of Europe') was dropped, and the abbreviation was changed to FIFé.[5]
Members
Citing source from: [1]
- Asociación Felina Argentina – Argentina (1988)
- Klub der Katzenfreunde – Austria (1950)
- Österreichischer Verband für die Zucht und Haltung von Edelkatzen – Austria (1979)
- Felis Belgica vzw. – Belgium (1949)
- National Federation of Felinology – Bulgaria (2006)
- Federação Felina Brasileira – Brazil (1972)
- Felinolog – Belarus (1994)
- Fédération Féline Helvétique – Switzerland (1949)
- China Cat Union – China (2018)
- Asociación Club Felino Colombiano – Colombia (2009)
- Český svaz chovatelů – Sdružení chovatelů koček – Czech Republic (1968)
- Deutscher Edelkatzenzüchter Verband e.V. – Germany (1951)
- Landsforeningen Felis Danica – Denmark (1950)
- Eesti Kassikasvatajate Liit – Estonia (1994)
- Asociación Felina Española – Spain (1978)
- Suomen Kissaliitto r.y. – Finland (1961)
- Fédération Féline Française – France (1949)
- Felis Britannica – United Kingdom (2005)
- Feline Federation of Greece – Greece (1999)
- Savez Felinoloških Društava Hrvatske – Croatia (1994)
- Felis Hungarica - Magyar Macskások Egyesülete – Hungary (2008)
- Indonesian Cat Association – Indonesia (2007)
- Kynjakettir Kattaræktarfélag Íslands – Iceland (1995)
- Associazione Nazionale Felina Italiana – Italy (1949)
- Verein der Katzenzüchter Liechtensteins – Liechtenstein (1981)
- Lithuanian Felinology Association BUBASTE– Lithuania (1994)
- Cat Fanciers Clubs Association – Latvia (1995)
- Lux-Cat-Club (Fédération Féline Luxembourgeoise) – Luxembourg (1983)
- Association Feline Felis Moldova – Moldova (2015)
- Federacion Felina de México A.C. – Mexico (1982)
- Kelab Kucing Malaysia – Malaysia (1985)
- Felikat – Netherlands (1949)
- Vereniging Mundikat – Netherlands (1979)
- Norske Rasekattklubbers Riksforbund – Norway (1951)
- Polska Federacja Felinologiczna - Felis Polonia – Poland (2007)
- Clube Português de Felinicultura – Portugal (1987)
- Felis Romania – Romania (2007)
- Felis Russica – Russia (1989)
- Zveza Felinoloških Društev Slovenije – Slovenia (1981)
- Federácia Felis Slovakia – Slovakia (1993)
- Sveriges Kattklubbars Riksförbund (SVERAK) - Sweden (1955)
- Ukrainian Felinology Union – Ukraine (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.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "FIFe Members". FIFe. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
- ^ "The Members of the WCC". worldcatcongress.org. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
- ^ "Organisation". FIFe.
- ^ "La Storia". ANFItalia.it (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale Felina Italiana. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ^ a b "Introduction to the FIFé". FIFeWeb.org. Fédération Internationale Féline. Archived from the original on 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
- ^ "Easy Mind System". FIFeWeb.org. Fédération Internationale Féline. Archived from the original on 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2018-01-05.