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Exhibitions and shows?

One can learn and see much about human behavior in exhibitions.
Exhibitions would fill up many books.

	There sit cats in cages hermetically sealed with plastic and plexi-glass.
	There is sprayed and disinfected, trimmed, sprayed and powdered.
	One can read large notes mounted on the cages: "Please, do not touch!"
	There stand folio volumes on the cages, full of pictures from one's own cats - or from the owner.
	Cages are loaded with rosettes and prizes, and the cat plays a somewhat minor role.
	Exhibitors run excited through the hall to present their cat correctly to the judge.
	There sit some judges raised on a stage which is prohibited for the public. If an interested visitor want to ask a question to the judge, he is advised not to disturb the judge.
	Cats are judged according to some rules which are almost incomprehensible for a visitor.

What a strange impression for an unbiased visitor!
One has to raise some questions:

	Are today's exhibitions really up to date?
	Is this the way how children and young people can come into contact with cats?
	Are there enough actions on cat exhibitions in our event driven world of today?
	Can visitors learn something about cats and the various cat breeds and can they take something valuable to their homes?
	Do the rules for awarding a title reflect the quality of the cats?
	Is the idea of esthetics after which is judged really appropriate for the cats?
	Do exhibitions of today fulfill their duty of information and do they have some educational effect?
	For whom are those exhibitions really organized, for the exhibitor, the organizer, the judges or the public? Are visitors not sometimes estimated to be a disturbing factor?

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