Alice White
#7 For a long time, this breed was known only in Burmese itself and other states of Indochina.
The rest of the world learned about it only at the beginning of the last century, when the millionaire Vanderbilt brought sacred Burmese to France in 1919. He bought two kittens, paying fabulous money for them, but only one made it to his new homeland. This female individual gave birth to the first European Burmese.
#8 The breed was officially registered only in 1925, giving it a name according to legend – sacred Burmese.
She immediately gained immense popularity in the secular circles of the time. Kittens were very, very expensive, and few could afford to buy them. Most likely, it is for this reason that during the Second World War, the breed began to threaten extinction. By some miracle, fans were able to save one cat and one cat. Through the efforts of breeders, Burmese survived and began to expand its population.
From the second half of the last century, the fluffy Burmese goddess began to settle in other countries. In 1966, the first blue-eyed cats came to the United States, and they were brought to the UK a year later, in 1967.
#9 This graceful Asian beauty is distinguished by her extraordinary intelligence and ingenuity.
It seems that she understands the owner almost perfectly. When someone talks, the Burmese looks carefully into the eyes, literally peers, as if he understands what he is talking about and even tries to grasp the hidden meaning. Buddhist monks, who noticed such a feature in cats of this breed, called them "the eye of heaven".
