12/11/2021
Abyssinian cats have become popular for a long time, but researchers have not been able to find out the exact geographic region and time of the breed's origin. Several main versions were formulated. The first said that animals first came to Europe after England's war with Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in 1868, from where they came. As the main evidence, the proponents of the theory used an English book of the second half of the 19th century with a lithograph of a cat named Zulu, which was acquired by Captain Barrett-Lenard after the end of the military campaign. Despite the outward resemblance to modern representatives of the breed, there is no convincing evidence that the cat depicted was indeed Abyssinian.
