Alice White
#4 On a July morning, Nina Ennismore, the owner of a small farm near the village of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, was in for a surprise in the face of an unusual kitten that was radically different from her litter counterparts.
While the four-legged inhabitants of English farms had a dense coat, a round head, and an impressive skeleton, the newborn baby became the owner of curly hair, a flexible body, and a wedge-shaped head. Ears-locators gave the kitten a resemblance to a representative of an extraterrestrial civilization, and the chosen nickname was no less eccentric: the baby was named Kalibunker.
#5 Miss Ennismore was fascinated by the new charge, seeing in him more than a pronounced mutation.
However, because of her short-sightedness, the woman almost gave up on the Cornish Rex, deciding to take the matured pet to castration. Fortunately, the veterinarian, whom Nina turned to, had a solid store of knowledge in the field of genetics and saw in Kalibunker a possible progenitor of a new breed. After listening to the doctor's recommendations, Miss Ennismore turned to the breeders who at that time enjoyed authority and were highly respected people - A.K. Jude and B. Stirling-Webb.
#6 Dr. Jude confirmed the words of the veterinarian: Kalibunker is the first representative of a new breed, which is fundamentally different from those already registered
Responsibility for its development fell on the shoulders of Nina Ennismore, who came up with the name - Cornish Rex. The first part of the word indicated the homeland of the breed, while the second did not speak of aristocratic origin, but served as a kind of reference to the woman's previous activities. So, she bred Astrex rabbits, which, like the Kalibunker, had a curly coat.
