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Sources:

• "About the Show." CFA International Cat Show. (March 20, 2008)
  http://www.cfainc.org/intl-show/intl-show.html
• "All those Ribbons!" Cat Fanciers' Association. (March 20, 2008)
  http://www.cfainc.org/shows/ribbons.html
• "Cats Vie to be Pick of the Litter." CNN.com. (March 20, 2008)
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• "CFA Breed Standards." Cat Fanciers' Association. (March 20, 2008) http://www.cfa.org/breeds/standards/standards.html
• "CFA Breeds." Cat Fanciers' Association. (March 20, 2008)
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• "CFA Shows." Cat Fanciers' Association. (March 20, 2008)
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• "Exhibitor Info." CFA-Iams Cat Championship. (March 20, 2008)
  http://www.cfa-iams-cat-championship.org/exhibitorinfo.html
• "Feline like cats that got the cream!" Birmingham Evening Mail. Nov. 18, 2007.
• "Ready… Set… Show." Cat Fanciers' Association. (March 20, 2008)
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• "Spectator Brochure - inside." Cat Fanciers' Association. (March 20, 2008)
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