WCF Allbreed Judge
Qualified to judge across recognised breed groups under WCF rules.
Creator · Judge · Breed developer
Beverly
Elian
The creator of the Transylvanian breed and the person who made the defining decision to select a specific western Romanian type from naturally occurring cats exhibiting the Carpati mutation.
WCF Allbreed JudgeActing President · MagnifiCatsFormer Head of the WCF Judges- and Pedigree Registration CommissionCount Catula’s
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The mutation existed. The breed was a decision.
Her role in the origin
The breed-development decision was Beverly’s.
The Carpati mutation had a natural geographic existence before the Transylvanian breed. Beverly’s contribution was to recognise a specific type in western/sub-Carpathian Romania and decide that this particular population could be selected and stabilised as a breed.
That required more than preserving a coat mutation. The breeding work selected for body type, head, coat texture, temperament, health and consistent expression across generations. Beverly also authored and developed the breed-standard work used for WCF recognition.
Feline expertise
Experience inside the WCF system.
Beverly’s breed-development work is informed by judging experience and by previous leadership within WCF’s judges structure.
Acting President, MagnifiCats
Leading the Romanian WCF club through which the Transylvanian project has developed.
Former Head of the WCF Judges- and Pedigree Registration Commission
A previous leadership role within WCF’s official judges and pedigree-registration structure.
Creator of the Transylvanian
Responsible for the choice of foundation type and the selective-development programme.
Science and selection
Connecting a natural phenotype with research.
Prof. Leslie A. Lyons has been a scientific adviser throughout the development of the Transylvanian breed. Her involvement began when she asked Beverly for samples of cats showing the naturally occurring Carpati mutation and continued as the breed-development programme progressed. Beverly’s decision to establish the breed from a specific western Romanian type, and the selection work that followed, remained Beverly’s own; Prof. Lyons provided scientific advice throughout that development.
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The breeding home
Count Catula’s
The first officially registered Transylvanian cattery is Beverly’s breeding base in Bucharest and the practical home of the project’s early development.
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