So that should be the only response they give. "Because we do not want to encourage intentional breeding of genetic abnormalities that could be harmful to the cats, we do not allow this trait in pedigree competitions."
I mean that said i think a large amount of pedigree standards (and the people creating/upholding them) are not nearly as concerned about the health of an animal's genetics as you or they would like us to believe, considering THIS is the first face you see on the CFA's page on Persians
there are ways to breed persians without such extreme brachycephalic traits, but then they generally don't meet pedigree breed standards bc their noses aren't short enough. And since they're the most low-hanging fruit for argument if they try to say they're excluding something to not encourage breeding that could be genetically detrimental to the animals, I'd guess their clear hypocrisy is probably why they don't just say that. Because it's not true, it's just their justification.
Also, if you think Persians aren't the same thing because it was just the result of long intentional breeding rather than a genetic abnormality, fine: you want to know what breed is entirely based on a genetic abnormality that is provably tied to actual detrimental health issues that the CFA DOES recognize (and thus contributes to the continued novelty breeding of)?
So yeaaaaah, I'm much more inclined to believe that certain people did not want a BOY cat with a GIRL coat coloring winning a title than there being any actual concern about novelty breeding (or frankly the health and overall well-being of the cat or his offspring) when they made that ruling.
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