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The California Spangled is a breed of domestic cat that was bred to resemble spotted wild cats,
like the ocelot and leopard. They were originally bred in the 1980s and were only ever a rare
breed, and usually expensive, priced between US$800 and $2,500. The popularity
of two other spotted cats breeds, the Ocicat and the Bengal, overshadowed their development.
Inspired by the poaching death of a leopard, the anthropologist Louis Leakey motivated Paul
Arnold Casey, Jr. of California to breed a domestic cat resembling a small leopard in order to
emphasize how important it was to preserve the leopard.
California Spangled cats are a crossbreed of many strains, including the Abyssinian,
American Shorthair and British Shorthair. Despite their wild appearance, they are completely
domestic.
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