PrairieBaby Gonna Be Worth It All 

[Picture] [Pedigree]
Nickname: Cameron
Foundation: F2
Color: Creme mackrel van  (e  01 23)

Both parents Oakland, Manitoba, mother from neighbouring acreage, sire a stray farm cat: Cameron is a complete product of nature.

Nobody bred this boy, he comes from a romance relationship of two cats in my neighborhood. Cameron's father Peppy is the most wanted tom cat in our little town.

Nobody really likes him. As a matter of fact, the guys in town have been trying to shoot Peppy on several occasions. Peppy empties garbage cans and steels things out of garages. For some strange reason, nobody has ever been able to catch him. Peppy has endured many cold winters with no home. His face shows scars from endless cat fights.

My neighbor Glenda had compassion on him and has been feeding him for a while and has also given him shelter. She is the only person Peppy has warmed up to. Cameron's mother is was owned by my neighbor Rose's daughter Vandy. Cameron's mother was in love with Peppy the minute they first saw each other. The first time she had a litter from him was last year when I was on holidays. Rose had told me "Judith you have to look at these kittens!". But............Judith was too busy at the time. Well, this early spring Rose said she had seen her kitty at another rendezvous with Peppy. A couple of months later the babies were there. She had four again, just like last time. At first they looked like regular longhaired kittens. But all of the sudden Rose called me and said " Judith you gotta come over and look at these kids. They look better than some of your purebreds". I didn’t Ike her saying that but went and could not believe my eyes. The kittens grew and grew and the more they grew the more they looked like little Maine cats.

One of them was supposed to go to Rose's sister, Rose kept a girl kitten, a third one went to a lady who lives down the road. Cameron was the cuddliest of them all and so Rose's daughter Vandy wanted to keep him badly, together with his sister. When Cameron (they call him Flinn) turned 5 months old, we decided to borrow him for a season.

Cameron has made some lovely kittens for us and since Vandy has now decided against taking him back, he is still whole.

Cameron is presently still being used in our breeding program, but lives with some of our other foundation females on a farm here in Manitoba. To our best knowledge, Cameron's parents are not closely related. Looking at his outer appearance, we also don't think that Cameron is related to our other foundation cats - and if then probably only slightly. 

Update 2021: 
Cameron is presented in pedigrees around the world. Prairiebaby River Promise, a full brother to Cameron, was later sent to Ulrika Olsson, the founder of Pawpeds in Sweden. He sired many litters in Sweden and Europe, providing great gene diversity.