Cats
" This clearly referred to the
Birman; confusingly the name Burmese Temple Cat was also used at that time for the gold-
eyed brown Thai cats analogous to modern Burmese or brown Orientals.
As a result of its early near-loss and re-creation, some say the Birman comes from temples in
Burma, while others claim it is a breed entirely manufactured in France using Siamese
andblack-and-white longhairs. French breeders had to re-create the Birman not once, but
twice since the Second World War caused pedigreed cats in Europe a great set back. Only two
purebred Birmans survived and their offspring formed the new post-war foundation of the
Birman breed in France. They were bred with other longhairs out of necessity, but by 1955,
the Birman was once more recognised as pure bred and there was no more outcrossing. In the
early 1960's Mrs Elsie Fisher and Mrs M. Richards imported the first Birmans into Britain
from France.
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