The Grand Prix Royal Canin cat show – in pictures
Cats, their owners and visitors descend on Moscow for one of the world’s largest cat shows, where more than 2,000 feline participants mix with 40,000 cat lovers
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An oriental shorthair. The breed has more than 300 coat colour and pattern combinations
Photograph: Dmitry Serebryakov/Tass
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A Maine Coon, which is one of the oldest of the North American breeds
Photograph: Dmitry Serebryakov/Tass
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A late entrant tries to gatecrash the competition
Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/AP
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A British shorthair looks unmoved by the attention. The breed is said to have originated from European cats brought to Britain by the Romans
Photograph: Dmitry Serebryakov/Tass
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A sphynx. These hairless cats have only been recognised as a breed since 1966
Photograph: Dmitry Serebryakov/Tass
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A Highland fold with its naturally folded ears
Photograph: Dmitry Serebryakov/Tass
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An oriental shorthair’s owner shows off her purrfect specimen
Photograph: Dmitry Serebryakov/Tass
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An alert-looking Maine Coon. The breed’s origin is unknown, but one legend claims it is descended from cats brought to the US by an English seafarer called Captain Coon
Photograph: Dmitry Serebryakov/Tass
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A British shorthair glowers at the camera
Photograph: Dmitry Serebryakov/Tass
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A competitor keeps warm while waiting for the judges
Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/AP
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An exotic shorthair, which is the short-haired version of a Persian
Photograph: Tass/Barcroft Images
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All this admiration is tiring work
Photograph: Dmitry Serebryakov/Tass
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