From Domestic Shorthair to American Shorthair - By: Robert Barnes, 2009-11-21

It is not just towns and businesses that change names. In 1966, cat fanciers witnessed a different type of name change: in a breed of cats. What was then known as the domestic shorthair breed of cats had its name changed to American shorthair; a name which has since stuck, so that if you talked about the ‘domestic shorthair’ in cat fanciers’ circles, then nobody might understand what you are actually talking about.

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