GCCF Registration Policy For Cornish Rex Cats

Agreed/effective 21 February 2007

Breeds which have been approved for use in outcrossing are: Abyssinian, Asian Shorthair, British Shorthair, Burmese, Ocicat, Oriental Shorthair, Russian Blue, Siamese, Tonkinese. In addition, American Shorthairs and European Shorthairs are permitted in the pedigrees of imported cats. All other breeds are listed as non-approved.
FULL REGISTER
Cornish Rex which have within the preceding three generations only Cornish Rex.
SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTER
Cornish Rex which have within the preceding five generations only Cornish Rex, Cornish Rex Variants, Abyssinians, Asian Shorthair, British Shorthair, Burmese, Ocicat, Oriental Shorthair, Russian Blue, Siamese or Tonkinese. In addition, American Shorthair and European Shorthair are permitted in the pedigrees of imported cats.
REFERENCE REGISTER
1. Cornish Rex Variants which have within the preceding five generations only Cornish Rex, Cornish Rex Variants, Abyssinians, Asian Shorthair, British Shorthair, Burmese, Ocicat, Oriental Shorthair, Russian Blue, Siamese or Tonkinese shall be registered on the Reference Register with a Cornish Rex Variant breed number. In addition, American Shorthair and European Shorthair are permitted in the pedigrees of imported cats.
2. Cornish Rex and Cornish Rex variants which have within the preceding five generations any nonapproved breeds, including non-pedigree cats, shall be registered on the Reference Register as normal or rex coated of Cornish type.
NB. When kittens with one or both parents registered on the Reference Register are, under this Registration Policy, eligible to be registered on the Supplementary Register it is recommended that the person registering these kittens requests such registration and encloses documentary evidence of the five generations required. If this is not done the kittens may be registered on the Reference Register.
3. Normal coated cats produced from variant x variant matings will have no breed number, only colour description, and will be over-stamped 'may carry the Cornish Rex gene'.
4. All cats resulting from matings between Cornish Rex and any other rex coated breed will have no breed number and will be over-stamped 'not recommended for breeding.' Their progeny will remain permanently on the reference register.
5. Any cats of Cornish Rex appearance, either Rex or normal coated, with Sphynx ancestry will be registered on the Reference Register and be over-stamped 'must not be used for Cornish Rex breeding’. No progeny will ever be recognised or registered as Cornish Rex or Cornish Rex Variants.
6. All cats resulting from matings between Cornish Rex and any longhaired breed will be overstamped ‘carries the longhair gene’. Their progeny will be overstamped ‘may carry the longhair gene’.
NOTE: Before the registration of any white Cornish Rex or white Cornish Rex Variant, a certificate of freedom from deafness for the white parent(s) must be supplied to the GCCF.

Breeding Policy for Cornish Rex
Introduction
This document is seen as a way of ensuring breeders observe what is considered 'best practice' in their involvement with Cornish Rex and particularly in their Cornish Rex breeding programmes. The Cornish Rex gene is inherited as a simple recessive.

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