[HPFGU-Movie] animal actors

[artsylynda at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/16/2004 5:03:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:
Both breeds are stocky, solid looking cats but the American shorthair
has bands or striping whereas most British shorthairs do not.  There
is a reference in SS/PS to the cat Mrs. McGongall transforms into as
having markings that look like spectacles, but it actually called a
tabby cat. I think one of the reasons an American shorthair was used
in the film is they didn't want to use the same type of cat twice.
Mrs. Norris (who I believe is a Maine coon)has tabby markings.  This
is just my guess, but if you are interested in checking out the
differences in the breeds, go to the Cat Fancier's website for photos.
http://www.cfainc.org/breeds/profiles/british.html  This brings up the
British shorthair page but you can go back one page and find the other
breeds' links.

The first cat pictured on this page is our friend's cat Harry Potter.
We have a son of his, named Gryffindor and a little girl named
Minerva.  

Hope this helps answer your question

Karen

Thanks for the information.  British cats don't have stripes or swirls?  
Weird.  I did notice Mrs. Norris was a Maine Coon cat (our daughter used to have 
one -- they're very distinctive-looking cats, easy to recognize).  


Lynda 
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". . .the cat's among the pixies now." Mrs. Figg, OoP


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