Selkirk Arrival in

Great Britain

The first Selkirk Rex cats arrived in Britain on the 7th & 8th of February 2002. They were three siblings bred in Austria at the home of Christiana and Karl Aichner from their Dam Db Gr Ch Serenitie betty Boop of Courtlycats (Dilute Tortie & White SH Selkirk) X Sire RW SGC Conan Von Ebenthal of Courtlycats (Blue BSH).

There were four kittens in the litter with three curly kittens & one variant, the three curly kittens made their way to the UK.

(Left - Count Basie.  Middle - Call Me Madam.  Right - Cookies n Cream)

Angela & Jim Mann (Kresant) imported Courtlycats Count Basie, a longhaired Cream male and he was driven over the channel by Jim on the 7th February. Basie later went on to live with Janet & John Brett in West Sussex (Witchwillows).

The two girls TICA Gr Ch Courtlycats Call Me Madam, a blue and white shorthair owned by Linda Davison (Toreska) and TICA Ch Courtlycats Cookies n Cream, a longhaired blue-cream owned by Lisa Peterson (Trueblu) flew into Heathrow under the PETS Passport Scheme on the 8th February.

(Christiana Aichner been met by Lisa Peterson @ Heathrow Animal Reception Centre Feb 8th 2002)

It was decided unanimously that Christiana Aichner was to be made Honorary President of our Selkirk Rex Cat club as a tribute to the contribution she and the three siblings have made in the UK and Lisa Peterson Honorary Vice President for the role she played in introducing the breed to the United Kingdom