United Maine Coon Fanciers of Australia cannot fulfill it's mission statement alone.
We need both breeders and pet owners to partner with us to help bring this beautiful breed of cat to it's best health and life outcome in Australia. We want to see beautiful, healthy kittens raised who are true to the breed standard and who go on to bring years of love and joy to their human families.
We need you!
UMCFA has two types of membership, Breeder Members and Non-Breeder Members.
We need both breeders and pet owners to partner with us to help bring this beautiful breed of cat to it's best health and life outcome in Australia. We want to see beautiful, healthy kittens raised who are true to the breed standard and who go on to bring years of love and joy to their human families.
We need you!
UMCFA has two types of membership, Breeder Members and Non-Breeder Members.
Breeder Members
A few of the benefits Breeder Membership offers to our Breeder members:
- Supportive peer mentoring via a community of fellow breeders sharing knowledge and experience
- Formal mentoring program for new breeders
- Access to articles on a wide variety of topics including husbandry practices, genetics and health issues
- Templates of useful documents such as breeding records and contracts, including kitten sales, breeding cat sales and lease agreements. Our contract templates have been developed in conjunction with a solicitor
- Central record storage for breeding contracts and health test results. See our Privacy Policy HERE
- Regular video conference discussion group meetings on a variety of topics
- Breeder Listing on the UMCFA website and a Breeder referral service
- Ethics Committee
Non-Breeder Members
A few of the benefits Non-Breeder Membership offers to our Maine Coon loving friends:
- Supportive community of breeders to share knowledge and experience about all things Maine Coon
- A private members only Facebook Group
- Quarterly e-newsletter
- Competitions
- Advice and support for pet owners who exhibit or would like to exhibit their Maine Coon
- Opportunities to partner with UMCFA on sub-committees and promotional events etc.
Membership Enquiries
If you would like to find out more about becoming a member of UMCFA please fill in the form below and we will email you out a Membership Application pack.