Cats
did not know that there had been two conflicting Ragdoll breeds. These "rare" colour cats,
though attractive, were not registrable as Ragdolls in any other cat association.
Throughout her life, the eccentric Baker defended her breeds and claimed that only IRCA
Ragdolls were the real article and guaranteed free from genetic defect, while other Ragdolls
were half-bred or cross-bred inferior lookalikes trading fraudulently on the Ragdoll name.
Quarter-page advertisements to this effect appeared in an American cat magazine in 1992.
Periodically, she would send threatening mail to breeders non-IRCA Ragdolls, including a
mailshot that contained photos of dozens of dead cats laid out side-by-side along with a claim
that someone had broken in and killed her cats (some believe Baker killed her own cats and
might not have known what she was doing due to a claimed history of head trauma).
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