My Love for the Bengal breed started in the 1980s when I visited America and meet these amazingly beautiful little leopards. The look of them just blew me away I really loved their stunning looks and the feel of their coats was just like a wild tiger although slightly softer however I was not impressed with the temperaments. At that stage I had bred Burmese so I was used to a super friendly, smoochy purrsonality. I came away from America still very interested in the breed but knowing the Breeders had a long way to go yet. I corresponded with some Breeders in Malaysia in the early 1990’s and my partner Mark and I then visited Malaysia…. I was hoping to get a kitten. Again I loved the breed and the looks were spectacular to say the least but I still could not see myself owning a beautiful little leopard with a wild temperament.

At this stage I was looking for a breed to show and later breed and I came across the Australian Mist so my love affair with this breed too flight.

When the first Bengal’s came out to Australia in around 1994 I watched t…