Cats
effects.
The Madura or Buso cats are a closed colony of bobtailed blue cats with green eyes which
live on the tiny and isolated island of Ra'as off the coast of the Indonesian island of Madura
(it is a 6 hour ferry ride from Madura to Ra'as). There are reckoned to be less than 100 of
these cats and they are in danger of extinction, in part due to local beliefs that prevent the
exportation of fertile cats. The Madura breed and its decline have been documented by Dr
Ronny Rachman Noor (Faculty of Animal Science, Bogor Agricultural Universtity). The cats
are known to the islanders as "Kucing Buso" (grey cat) and the true Madura cat is blue self,
suggesting they may have come from Korat stock taken to the island on trading ships. There
is some mythology surrounding the breed, just as there was about the "Royal Siamese". The
true Madura cat, originating from Ra'as, may only be kept by high-ranking people such as
annaabi.ee 
