Profile for Dr Kerry Fowler, 12.10.26

Good day, I am a fully qualified All Breeds Judge with GCCFV and ACF, having trained with
FCCV for Group 3 license in 1995, followed by Group 1 in 2004 and Group 2 in January 2013.
I have been fortunate to have judged in all eight major States and Territories of Australia, as
well as North and South Islands of New Zealand. In 2014 and 2022, I was honoured with judging All
Breeds at the prestigious Sydney Royal Show as well as at the iconic Royal Melbourne Shows
in 2014, 2015 and 2017, Royal Hobart Shows in 2023 and 2026, and the Royal Canberra
Show in 2025. It was my pleasure to judge Shorthair cats at the esteemed ACF National
Show in 2017 and 2024

My introduction to the cat fancy was through successfully owning, exhibiting, and breeding
silver spotted British Shorthair cats under the Cornfield prefix for over ten years. Our British
cats were well known winning multiple Supreme and Cat of the Year awards.

My other achievements include:

– Book author of ‘Meow What cats teach Judges about judging’ describing the how and why
of cat judging, criteria for judging cats, importance of judging cats in the moment,
ownership and guardianship of decisions, challenges when judging cats, ongoing schooling
for judges and mentoring new exhibitors

– Book author of ‘Meow A genetic concert for cats’, 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions describing
feline inheritance genetics, DNA testing, genetic counselling for cat breeders

– Author and co–author of over 50 peer–reviewed scientific publications

– ACF Judges’ Guild FeliJudge editor

– Initiator and member of CCCA working party to establish Feline Health Research Fund:
http://fhrf.org.au, late 1990s. Foundation Trustee of FHRF, 2000–2015; during this time 14
grants were awarded.

– Invited international Speaker in the fields of feline appearance, genetics, DNA testing, cat
judging and the role of the judge

– Scientist who unexpectedly co–discovered the genes responsible for two different
wavy–coated mouse mutants while working in cancer research

– Tutor Judge for All Breeds

– Member ACF Breeding and Registration Rules committee, 2017–present

– ACF/CCCA representative on the WCC Health and Welfare Commission, 2025–present

INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS
New Zealand 2005, 2013 – 2015, 2017, 2018