Buuraphaa

Buuraphaa are Oriental Cat Breeders situated in the beautiful Blackdown hills near Taunton in Somerset, close to junctions 26 and 25 of the M5. Buuraphaa means Oriental in Thai and is our registered prefix with the GCCF.

Orientals are a unique breed of cats that are vocal, intelligent and playful. We fell in love with our first Oriental “Raa”, a beautiful Chocolate Spotted Tabby who had been rescued by the Cats Protection League. He had a really lovely temperament and when he passed on we missed him so much, we decided we just had to have another Oriental. So we set about finding his breeder and ended up coming back with two bundles of joy; Apple, who is a Black Smoke and his brother from the same litter Crumble, a Caramel Classic. Sadly Crumble passed away last year and Apple was very lonely without his brother, so we decided to hunt for another caramel. It took a while but we finally managed to find “Evie” who is a Caramel Tortie Silver Oriental Spotted Tabby. Apple is very pleased with his new companion. She has a lovely temperament and has now proved to be a really devoted and capable Mum

We have met some lovely people since becoming involved with Oriental cats. We are grateful to them all but would single out for particular thanks Linda and Bert of Kimelpha for letting us have our foundation queen Kimelpha Midsummer’s Eve (‘Evie’) and Marian and Frank of Barbecco Cats for letting us use Imperial Grand Champion Westgarth Foolsgold (‘Yoda’).