About 9-years ago, while we were visiting my niece in Devon, she excitedly told us we were going to visit a friend of hers who owned this beautiful and amazing, domestic cat called a 'Bengal'.  She didn't disclose too much information, so we weren't really sure what we were in for. When we saw this magnificent brown-spotted cat that had a coat pattern like a wild leopard, but a really sweet and outgoing domestic temperament, we completely fell in love with him! 

  This Bengal cat had such a comical, fun and energetic nature, he seemed quite intelligent and adored all of the attention we showered on him -- he was quite the character.  Our son, Jay was just 2-1/2 at the time, but he had a ball playing with this Bengal cat -- it had him laughing and was ever so gentle with him, it was as if this remarkable cat somehow knew that Jay was only a baby. 

  When it was time to return home, Jay didn't want to leave the Bengal cat, he was heart-broken, crying that he wanted to take the cat home with us.  On our way home, we decided we were going to do some research and consider getting one of these incredible cats as a companion for Jay and a family pet.  Three months later, we got our first Bengal cat, Queenie, and Jay was over the moon.  They were practically inseparable.

  Soon after we got Queenie, we knew that we wanted to be even more involved with these beautiful cats, so we did our homework and bought three foundation queens: one snow spotted (Icelily), one brown spotted (Saffron), one brown marbled (Elgin) and our first stud boy (Akers).  We carefully selected our queens and stud-boy for excellent type, temperament and all are carriers of the snow gene, producing both brown and snow kittens. Since that time, we have retired Akers and added two studs and another queen to our beautiful Bengal family.

  Our GCCF breeding prefix name -- 'Jayuzuri', was chosen to honour our beloved, only child, Jay, who inspired us to become involved with these cats and to describe the Bengal cats themselves.  'Uzuri' is Swahili for 'beautiful' and Bengal cats are both physically beautiful and have beautiful natures, like our son, Jay, so what could be more apropos? 

  We love all of our cats (and our dog!) and it is a pleasure sharing our home and our lives with these special animals.  All of our cats and kittens live with us, in our home and enjoy loads of love and attention.  We enjoy visitors, so if you would like to visit and meet our Bengal family, just phone us on 0117 9076301 and we'll arrange a time.  

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