British Shorthair kitties

hi I have British cats call me 0506672273

As per the UAE Federal Law, breeding for sale is ILLEGAL in the UAE, hence there are only backyard illegal breeders and most of those pets are un healthy sadly . Let me try and find the engilsh version of this law for everyone to read and see. Most reputable pet sellers never house locally bred pets hence most of them have international passports. edited by ecochic on 03/12/2012 ecochic that would be great. This issue comes up so often on EW. @humanitarian no I have not had a reply back from CFA.

As per the UAE Federal Law, breeding for sale is ILLEGAL in the UAE, hence there are only backyard illegal breeders and most of those pets are un healthy sadly . Let me try and find the engilsh version of this law for everyone to read and see. Most reputable pet sellers never house locally bred pets hence most of them have international passports. <em>edited by ecochic on 03/12/2012</em>

I really liked your idea with WCF and CFA. I have emailed WCF to be for sure, Any luck with CFA?

You can not say "do not support breeders or petshops" as every healthy pet deserves a chance! Its all about pets and not organizations. After living 10 years in U.A.E I understand that it is really hard to find a perfect, healthy pet for your family. To be honest people are very cruel to animals here. I have been helping many organizations here and can tell you that if you have kids then do not bring any unhealthy animals home! What happened to me a year a go was my big mistake. I fostered a couple of dogs from a rescue organization. The dogs were taken from the municipality and were fully treated (vaccinated, dewormed, and microchiped). At the end I found out that they were very infected and had parasites inside. You can not imagine how much money we wasted on doctors for the whole family including my pets. You do something going to people and in return they this to you. What happened to the dogs? The organization sold them. So this is how the system works, they take pets that look like pedigree from the pound and sell them (as adoption fee) if the pet gets to be returned then they sell it again no matter if it is healthy or not. If you are looking for a dog then your best bet is K9 friends, they have healthy dogs and most of them have nice characters. There are some pedigree breeder but they are really hard to find so you should consider importing. Backyards breeder are the same as cats ones, they may have dogs that look like pedigrees but they are not registered as pure breed and most of them have healthy problems as they are kept in inappropriate environment. For the cats as I mentioned earlier your best bet is to visit vets, they always have healthy and beautiful cats available for adoption. Breeding animals is legal in U.A.E, only if the animals are kept in good condition. You can visit municipality and make sure yourself. And finally there are pure pedigree breeders in U.A.E. Same as cats and dogs. They are registered with WCF and CFA. If you visit them, you will see the difference. All of their pets are in really good condition and treated just the way we treat our own pets. Hi Humanitarian, I for one have never doubted your commitment to animals but have to disagree with a few things you have said. Firstly buying from pet shops all you do is free up another space for them to import another poor wee soul from who knows where.It is all about the MONEY. Buying from a petstore just feeds the perpetual breeding machine.The sad thing is that soooooo many of these pedigree animals are thrown out on the streets of Dubai. Once the cuteness wears off and the care of the animal becomes a hassel for the new owner,walking,grooming and feeding vet bills kenneling and the MOST important issue taking the animal with you when you leave DXB,in many cases it gets thrown out. When you buy from a pet store you are not asked 'will you look after this animal for the rest of it's life..give it vet care feed it etc. and take it back with you when you leave'? NO the only thing they care about is 'How are you going to pay for it'.......... Many posters have come on here to warn people NOT to buy from pet stores as they were personally having problems with very sick and dying animals. The paper work is regularly altered to make the animlas that have been 'in stock' a long time , 'younger'. I have personally been involved with puppy mill rescues and it is enough to put you off of any form of breeding forever.It nearly broke my heart and I had to stop doing hands on rescue work as I actually had nightmares for years after. With regards to bringing unhealthy foster animals into your home. It is never a good idea to put any animal in with the household pets/kids before at least a few days if not a few weeks of isolation. To say the rescue organisation 'sold' the animals is a bold statement. They are not allowed to 'sell' animals, those that I worked with in DXB ONLY EVER asked for a donation to cover the vet costs of the animal etc.In many cases the donation did not even begin to cover the actual costs. When you take a donation it is a good litmus test to see the commitment that the new owner has to their new pet. If on the very rare occasion I had an animal returned I always offered to return the donation........not once did they ever want their donation back..... I am sorry that your experience with regard to fostering was not a good one. As to the 'legal' breeding of animals in the UAE I am going to further research the info you have posted as I was only ever told (yes by the municipality ) that there are no registered breeders in the UAE only 'Hobby Breeders'. I fully agree that K9 are a wonderful organisation and there are others,Animal Action AD ,Posh Paws and as this thread is about cats what about Feline Freinds& Bin Kitty Collective.All are only interested in the welfare of the strays of DXB.:) ETA I have been on the WCF site and have not been able to find any registered breeders of the breeds you mentioned earleir , in the UAE.Have emailed CFA to find out re registered breeders in the UAE. <em>edited by Nomad on 26/11/2012</em>

You can not say "do not support breeders or petshops" as every healthy pet deserves a chance! Its all about pets and not organizations. After living 10 years in U.A.E I understand that it is really hard to find a perfect, healthy pet for your family. To be honest people are very cruel to animals here. I have been helping many organizations here and can tell you that if you have kids then do not bring any unhealthy animals home! What happened to me a year a go was my big mistake. I fostered a couple of dogs from a rescue organization. The dogs were taken from the municipality and were fully treated (vaccinated, dewormed, and microchiped). At the end I found out that they were very infected and had parasites inside. You can not imagine how much money we wasted on doctors for the whole family including my pets. You do something going to people and in return they this to you. What happened to the dogs? The organization sold them. So this is how the system works, they take pets that look like pedigree from the pound and sell them (as adoption fee) if the pet gets to be returned then they sell it again no matter if it is healthy or not. If you are looking for a dog then your best bet is K9 friends, they have healthy dogs and most of them have nice characters. There are some pedigree breeder but they are really hard to find so you should consider importing. Backyards breeder are the same as cats ones, they may have dogs that look like pedigrees but they are not registered as pure breed and most of them have healthy problems as they are kept in inappropriate environment. For the cats as I mentioned earlier your best bet is to visit vets, they always have healthy and beautiful cats available for adoption. Breeding animals is legal in U.A.E, only if the animals are kept in good condition. You can visit municipality and make sure yourself. And finally there are pure pedigree breeders in U.A.E. Same as cats and dogs. They are registered with WCF and CFA. If you visit them, you will see the difference. All of their pets are in really good condition and treated just the way we treat our own pets.

There are some registered pedigree breeders in Dubai of Scottish fold/ Highland fold/ Siamese/ Sphinx but did not here about British yet. As Rozroz said you should probably contact vets but if you are looking for a pedigree than you probably need to look for one from overseas. No there are not as this is illegal.

Sorry forgot to add...the local Pet Shops also have pets imported but no one is sure exactly where they have come from. Posters have bought from these shops only to get the pet home and it is very ill,in some cases even dying after huge vet bills. It is a minefield out there for those looking for particular breeds. Dare I suggest that you look at a rescue kitten ........Take a look at the adoption websites, you could just possibly fall in love :):) <em>edited by Nomad on 21/11/2012</em>

Please RozRoz don't support the backyard breeders in the UAE. If you are set on getting a British Short Hair conatct the SPCA or any other animal organisation in your home country.You can then import the cat. They can steer you in the direction of an ETHICAL breeder.Yes it requires a bit more effort /finances but in the long run you will get a healthy animal that has been ethically bred. As I mentioned earlier have you contacted the cat rescue folk in DXB and AD, many pedigree cats are thrown out on the streets when their owners have no further use for them ? HTH.

Humanitarian I have only ever heard of " Hobby Breeders" in the UAE ?

There are some registered pedigree breeders in Dubai of Scottish fold/ Highland fold/ Siamese/ Sphinx but did not here about British yet. As Rozroz said you should probably contact vets but if you are looking for a pedigree than you probably need to look for one from overseas.

Thanks for your reply.. I have looked in Dubizzle and there are no british shorthair kittens even pets habitat. Would rather not go through pet shops though. Please don't use pets shops .If you have your mind set on a particular breed contact all the kitty rescue groups first. Feline Friends, Bin Kitty Collective, Animal Action and ask if they know of any that have been rescued.Also you could contact any of the vet offices near you. There are NO registered breeders in DXB,only backyard breeders who keep the animals in deplorable conditions. At one time FF exposed a theft ring who were going around stealing pedigree cats from their owners and selling them for thousands. If you can't source one here contact your local SPCA/Humain Society in your home country for the details of an ethical breeder and bring it over yourself. HTH. :) <em>edited by Nomad on 14/11/2012</em>

Have you tried dubizzle dot com? They have loads posted on there, if not try pets habitat in al Barsha x