Abyssinian Cats in America
by KittyKondo.com 

Abyssinian Cats first arrived in the U.S. from Great Britain in the early 1900s and were exhibited in Boston in 1909. After 1909, there was no record of additional importing of the AbyCat until several decades later in the 1930s where many quality Abys were brought over to the U.S. The first Abyssinian cat litter was born in 1935 and from then on American interest in the breed began to grow.
   The growing U.S. interest help re-establish the cat breed after World War II which had a detrimental affect on the Abycat population in Great Britain.  The AbyCat of today is one of the top five cat breeds in the United States and in 1998 Abyssinian cats ranked 5th among 37 breeds ranked by the Cat Fancier's Association.