Baris Gencel

“Cat's curiosity is immeasurable, and they're constantly probing and prodding the depths to see what lies beneath the surface. This is also one of the qualities which makes a wise man”
― Baris Gencel

“Creativity is not just a job position or function but it is the attitude to life”
― Baris Gencel

“biology is usually called upon to justify a society based on selfish principles, but we should never forget that it has also produced the glue that holds communities together.”
― Frans de Waal, The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society

“... the hybrid breeders dream big.

"The end game is to create the most beautiful example of something that looks wild but is domestic," says Anthony Hutcherson, who breeds Bengals, a mix of house cat and Asian leopard cat lineage whose name nods to a type of endangered tiger. "It's great to win a cat show, but it is more rewarding to make something that looks like a little leopard or jaguar or ocelot that eats cat food and purrs on sight.”
― Abigail Tucker, The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World