Argumentative Essay On Hairless Cats

Mary Gladbach

Mr. Bergmann

Honors English P2

10 October, 2016

Hairless Cats When someone mentions hairless cats, you probably think of wrinkly little aliens eating kibble out of a dish or hiding under the bed, plotting your demise. Hairless cats are often seen as uglier, creepier versions of their brothers and sisters, the common housecat, but the differences between the two are vast and staggering. The hairless cat’s origins are as unique as their breed, which has many comparable differences from a common housecat. Along with their good qualities, however, there are always some pros and cons that are important to be aware of if you plan to pick out a furr-less friend. Hairless cats are often thought of with disgust or discomfort, but hairless cats are much more than their rubbery, wrinkled appearance.

There are many breeds of hairless cat, which makes it difficult to tell which breed could have been the first of it’s rubbery kind and when it was created, but the common consensus among bald cat lovers is that the first natural occurrence of the hairless cat was in 1966 in Toronto Canada. A hairless kitten was born unto a common, domestic queen. The hairless cat has roots all over the world however, and breeders have done their best to grow the hairless gene pool (Cat Fanciers Association). The most common breed of hairless cat is the Sphynx, which was ranked as the 8th most popular feline breed in the country in 2014 (Evans). Really, this isn’t all that surprising - hairless cats are known to be a lot more friendly and sociable than the short haired