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Rosie
Alger-Street
is a GCCF Judge of Bengals and was Journal
Editor of The Bengal Times for many years. This
was the official magazine for the Bengal Cat Club and
was the main means of contact with the members until
superseded in recent years by the Club Website. When
she and Barrie founded the Bengal Cat Club in 1993,
she took on the job of Membership Secretary, then progressed
to Hon. Secretary before becoming the Journal Editor.
In
1992, Rosie and Barrie visited the USA to see Bengals
at first hand. Rosie fell head-over- heels in love with
the Sepia (AOC-Eyed) Snow, and in 1993, they brought
the first pair into the country. Calusa Typha Snowstorm,
(Storm), the boy, died last year at just over 17 years
old, and for many years was the much-loved house-pet
who greeted everyone who visited. He was a fantastic
character and is missed by all who knew him. Sadly,
his niece, Typha Dashofmarble (Dasha) also passed away
last Christmas day at the age of 16 years old. She was
out of Gogees Warhawk, and is also part of Bengal history
as she was the first AOC-Eyed Snow Marble in the country
and the second in the world (the first being in Canada).Two
Bengal golden oldies who are sorely missed and will
never be forgotten.
However, there are still some early-generation retired
snows left at The Rosery, loved and pampered as they
should be. It is a lovely sight to see them contentedly
laying around like a pride of lions. They are now elderly
and neutered, but the lines are still going
As
an authority on the Bengal breed of cat, Rosie has been
asked on numerous occasions to write articles about
this beautiful breed, some of which you can find below.
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Barrie
Alger-Street
has recently retired as Chairman of The Bengal Cat
Club having filled this position for 6 years. He
is still Vice Chairman of The Bengal Breed Advisory
Committee. Together with his wife, Rosie, they founded
The Bengal Cat Club in 1993 when he took on the
job of Welfare Officer. He first became interested
in Bengals with a chance reading of an American
cat magazine in 1989. A further opportunity to read
more about Bengals a year later, sparked real interest,
and so began that familiar itch you cannot scratch!
In 1991, his mind was made up and so began Typhast
Bengals in the UK. A love of this beautiful breed,
equally shared by Rosie, has meant that they have
been at the forefront of helping the breed towards
its true potential. |
As
significant improvements have appeared in the
USA, they have continued to add these to their
own developing lines in order to help this breed
become 'the cat on the brink of tomorrow'”.
Having been involved in Bengals since the outset
in the UK, Barrie has become particularly caught
up in the legislative issues concerning Bengals
within the UK and has become the spokesman for
the breed on this subject.
The
picture above shows Barrie with Typhast Nighthawk,
the first Black and Gold Marbled
Bengal born and registered in the UK
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The
Bengal Cat
- An article on Bengals Rosie wrote for a cat magazine
during the early days of the Bengal breed in the UK when
not much was known about the history of the Bengal cat. |
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Visit
to Chicago Cat Show
- An account of Rosie and Barrie's trip to the Prairie
State Cat Club’s Ninth Fall Harvest Cat Show in
Franklin Park, IL. Chicago, IL in the USA, 2004. |
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Typhast
Early Generation Bengals
- Explanation how Rosie and Barrie bred the Typhast line
of Bengals using F2, F3 and F4s and why they don't use
such close cousins of the Asian Leopard cat anymore. |
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Legislation
in the U.K. and Bengals
- Article by Barrie about the CITES Legislation, The Pet
Passport Scheme and the Dangerous Wild Animals Act of
1976. Important for anyone who is thinking of breeding,
importing or exporting Bengal cats. |
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