Maine Coon kitten blue solid.

The real pioneer in the formation of the Maine Coon Cat breed was a cat named Captain Jenks of the Marine Cavalry. This fluffy giant caused indescribable delight of spectators in 1861, having noted at the cat shows in Boston and New York and having outshone popular Angoras at that time. But by the 20th century Maine giants had already given up their positions and were superseded by Persians and Siams for almost half a century. After the Second World War, the Coons reasserted themselves, but at that time only within the borders of the American continent. In 1953, the breed got its own official club, and in 1968 the first Maine Coon Breeders and Fanciers Association/MCBFA was founded. As for Europe, the Coons did not get there until the 1970s.