(7 Oct 2004) SHOTLIST

1. Wide shot exterior Madison Square Garden
2. Close up Madison Square Garden sign outside
3. Wide shot pan across cat owners and cats in room in Madison Square Garden
4. Close up hairless Sphynx cat with owner
5. Close up black solid Persian
6. Close up seal point Siamese
7. Red tabby Persian
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Pam DelaBar, president of the Cat Fancier's Association:
"Well truly the cats are really not the poor cousins, the cats outnumber the dogs in our households now. We just started, this is only our second year at Madison Square Garden."
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Samantha Ross, owner of Maine Coon Cat "Lincoln":
"They just be themselves in the ring. If they're lazy they'll just lay there and not do a thing. If they're active they'll play, and him, he just likes to smell, he likes to smell everything."
10. Close up Lincoln a Maine Coon Cat
11. Medium shot owner with his spotted "Ocicat", holding him in his arms
12. Close up "Ocicat" face
13. Close up black solid Persian
14. Seal lynx point Himalayan Persian
15. Close up American curl playing with owner
16. Close up owner pan down to American curl cat playing
17. Medium shot owner playing with silver Tabby American short hair

STORYLINE

The annual Cat Fancier's Association New York Cat Show gets underway at Madison Square Garden this weekend and the cats are already prowling the halls.

Though not as well known as the annual Westminster Dog Show, which takes at Madison Square Garden each February, the cat show is taking place in the "Garden" for a second successive year and organisers say it keeps getting bigger.

All the breeds will battle it out for the honour of best in show.

They range from the hairless extraterrestriallooking "Sphynx" cat to big friendly felines like the Maine Coon Cat and wildlooking hybrids like the "Ocicat," bred from a combination of Siamese, Abyssinian and the American Shorthair.

The President of the Cat Fancier's Association said they are not overshadowed by the dog show. In fact, she said, there are more cats than dogs in American households.

The New York Cat Show opens on Saturday with finals on Sunday.

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