| -- End Ad Box ---> | | | | that Ann Baker made her unusual claims. Josephine |
| The origins of Ragdoll cats are full of myth and | | | | was once hit by a car. On one account Ann Baker |
| controversy. This cat’s history is often | | | | claimed she had taken the injured cat to a local |
| contradictory and confusing; some of the Ragdoll | | | | University to have her patched up; she asked the |
| story is just not possible. Other parts we know to be | | | | University to give her cat new DNA and this is why |
| factual. First things first: the Ragdoll cat breed started | | | | Ragdoll cats came to be. |
| in California back in the 1960s. It was founded by a | | | | Another claim the breed's founder made was that |
| woman named Ann Baker. The very first cat of this | | | | Ragdoll cats feel no pain whatsoever. The reason she |
| breed was for all intensive purposes a regular cat | | | | gave for this followed suite with her previous claims |
| named Josephine. Ann Baker noticed something | | | | that the cats were genetically altered and that they |
| special about Josephine and her offspring. She | | | | were in fact, alien hybrids. Move over x-files, there |
| decided to breed for this characteristic. Ragdoll cats | | | | have been alien-feline hybrids on earth since the 60s. |
| get their name from the fact that they go limp like a | | | | Other claims made about this breed of cat are that |
| Ragdoll when held. Ann Baker went so far to | | | | they felt no fear, they are the ideal cat for people |
| trademark the term Ragdoll; anyone who bred | | | | with cat allergies, and they do not have cat instincts |
| Ragdoll cats had to pay her royalties to use the | | | | due to the fact they are alien hybrids. |
| name. | | | | When it comes to myths about Ragdoll cats, ragdoll |
| It is for this characteristic of the Ragdoll cat breed | | | | history is truly stranger than fiction. |