Where are Ocicat cats from?

The Ocicat is from the United States. The breed was created in the 1960s by Virginia Daly. The goal was to create a cat with a wild appearance, like an ocelot, but with the temperament of a domestic cat. The Ocicat was initially developed by crossing an Abyssinian with a Siamese, and later, American Shorthair cats were introduced into the breeding program. The result was a breed with a distinctive spotted coat reminiscent of wild cats but without any wild cat ancestry.