My name is Diane Oates and I breed Abyssinian Cats in Tawny, Cinnamon, Blue, Fawn, Silver & Cinnamon Silver. My prefix is Shadowlea.

I WILL BE CUTTING BACK MY BREEDING AND SHOWING DRASTICALLY AS I AM VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE WAY GOVERNING COUNCIL IS OPERATING THESE DAYS.

I HAVE SEVERAL YOUNG FEMALES WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME AS HOUSE CATS. THE ONLY COST WILL BE THE DE-SEXING AND MICRO-CHIPPING OF THE CAT, WHICH WILL BE ABOUT $120. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU CAN PROVIDE A GOOD HOME FOR THESE GIRLS.

My partner Ron Arbuthnott used to be part of this until he discovered Roses! Ron's prefix was Ra, being the Egyptian Sun God and Ron's initials.

I concentrate on loving personalities as I believe this is the most important thing in both pets and show cats.

After acquiring my first tawny female (Obanya Aby Spice of Life)in 1986 and breeding a litter from her I started serious breeding with silvers in 1992 and branched out into tawnys and cinnamons in 1995 and now have blues and the occasional fawn. I am a member of The Governing Council of the Cat Fancy Australia & Victoria, (Secretary from 97-05) and exhibit at all those shows as well as the specialist Aby shows in Canberra and Sydney. I guess you could say I am addicted!

Some of our major achievements are:

GCCFV Group 3 Breeder of the Year 2001;

Runner-up to Breeder of the Year in The Abyssinian Breeder magazine for most of 2001, but knocked into 3rd place by a whisker for the final standings;

Breeder of 1st & 4th Stud Cat; 3rd, 6th, 7th, 8th Brood Queen of the Year in the Aby Breeder for 2001.

I'll have to update this!