![]() ![]() As anyone who has ever seen a spectacular marble Bengal will attest, these cats will truly take your breath away. Originally, her intent had only been to produce a domestic spotted Bengal cat. It was due to the overwhelming popular demand of cat show judges and audiences clamoring to see this amazing marble kitten in Madison Square Garden and all over the country that Jean Mill began campaigning to add the marbled pattern to the Bengal breed standard. He had the white outline of a butterfly on the top of his head! This first marble kitten was a female, and her coloring was very soft and rust-colored, with a pattern described by Jean as looking like "drizzled caramel". The parents were Millwood Silk n Cinders (a beautiful cat who had the glitter gene from "Tory of Delhi", Jean's rescue domestic kitten from the New Delhi zoo, plus Cinders also had an unusually clear, non-ticked coat, with very large, dark spots) and a cat named Torchbearer. and other major cat associations recognizing the Bengal, for a marbled pattern Bengal cat? Since there are no naturally occurring marbled Asian leopard cats, the marble gene had to have come from some or one of the domestic cats originally used in the early days of envisioning and creating the Bengal breed.įoothill Felines Cosmo at 5 months (Photo by owner, Sharon Rogers)Īccording to various articles written by Jean Mill, the very first marbled Bengal appeared in 1987. If Bengal breeders are breeding to preserve as much as possible the physical beauty and traits of the wild Asian leopard cat Bengal ancestor, (see our article entitled, "What's a Bengal?), then how can there be a division within T.I.C.A. It's easy to see why it can be confusing when one thinks about the beautiful marbled Bengal. (Photo of this dapper boy by owner Theresa Tolly) HDW ENTERPRISES & Foothill Felines Bengalsįoothill Felines King Ramses of Crazy Bengals at 5 months Bengal Cats and Marbled Bengals: The History, Development and Breeding of the Exotic Marble Bengal, from Foothill Felines, Breeder of Beautiful Bengal Cats.
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