The Norwegian Forest Cat originated as a wild cat in the forests of Norway. For centuries, the skogcatt\u2014a Norwegian word that translates as \u201cforest cat\u201d\u2014survived by his wits or offered his services as a mouser to farmers and housewives in exchange for shelter in barns, stables or homes. In 1938, the cats were exhibited at a show in Oslo, but World War II interrupted any plans for developing them as a breed. Fortunately, they survived the war, just barely, but there were still some hard decades ahead and little was done with them until the 1970s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The head has an inverted triangle shape, pointed at the chin and then widening on each side up toward the medium to large ears, which are heavily tufted. Large, almond-shaped eyes are green, gold or copper, although white cats may have blue eyes or odd eyes (one blue eye and one eye of another color). The moderately long body looks powerful, with its broad chest and heavily muscled thighs. Large round paws have tufts of fur between the toes. The bushy tail is as long as the body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":787,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmc-breeds\/786"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmc-breeds"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dmc-breeds"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}