With Halloween right around the corner, there is one cat breed in Wyndham doing scarily well.
Known by some as ‘Werewolf cats,’ Lykois have been bred in Werribee by Dan and Shelly Currie for the last couple of years.
Despite having reservations about looking after the breed, Alfie, the first cat the pair adopted, won over his current humans almost immediately.
Charming and puzzling onlookers in equal measure with their patchy fur and webbed feet, the pair’s cats have been receiving international praise.
Alfie did pretty well at the Cat Lovers Show in Melbourne earlier in June.
“Out of 110 cats, Alfie was named the best cat,” Ms Currie said.
“For us to win that in our home town was amazing, he beat the Persians and all the best breeds to win.
“That was the big highlight of the year.”
A successful trip to Sydney for the Cat Lovers Festival ended with three Lykois being named in the top 10 best shown cats.
“We went up there for a very special show, had a specialty ring there, the judge was from South Africa and the Lykois went up against breeds like the Sphinx.
“Over in South Africa the Sphinx and the Lykoi compete because they are considered naked breeds.”
The crew’s next big fixture is the Melbourne Cat Lovers Festival on the weekend of 25-26 October.
Despite not requiring a great deal of grooming, getting show-ready is still a process in and of itself that involves a bath– a task not for the faint of heart.
