About CAT Inc.

CAT Inc

• Is affiliated with the Australian Cat Federation Inc (ACF) affiliated to the World Cat Congress.
• Maintains a membership and pedigree cat register that is recognised world wide.
• Promotes responsible cat breeding, care & ownership. 
• Promotes exhibition of pedigree and household pets in the open show style in Tasmania.
• Maintains records of CAT Inc & affiliated clubs show results and Cat of The Year Points.
• Participates in ACF accredited judges, judges stewards, show managers, show secretaries and show trophy stewards training and education workshops.
• Provides a website listing to access CAT Inc cat breeders.

Membership

• Membership year runs from the 1st of April to the 31st of March.
• Applications for annual renewal of membership, prefix, and website listing can be lodged from January to February. Membership can also be applied for after this time on a prorata basis.

Goals of CAT Inc

• To promote in every way the general improvement of the standard, exhibition and welfare of cats.
• To preserve the probity of the cat fancy by:
• Ensuring the integrity of its registry. 
• Ensuring the training of its judges to ACF nationally accepted standards.
• To take all measures to ensure that the interests of the general public in relation to the cat fancy are observed.

• To allow all members input into the function of the CAT by virtue of: 
  • • Committee meetings open to all observers.
  • • Election of 'independant' and Club delegates directly responsible to the membership to represent their interests in decision making. 
      
      
• To provide an efficient service for the membership, with a rapid turn around of registrations.

Committee

• CAT has a robust committee system.  The membership is represented by elected representatives and delegates of affiliate clubs.  CAT members are welcome to attend.
• 'Independent' committee members are elected on an tri-annual basis and any member of CAT may nominate for election. Affiliated clubs elect their delegates annually.