Now that I have your attention, I’d like to tell you about a woman named Rosemarie Zizzo. Mrs. Zizzo operates a website called Beware (recently changed from “Bad”) Pedigree Cat Breeders Info, located at the following url: www.b-pcb.info. On this site Mrs. Zizzo names people she believes violate the rules she has set forth for reputable breeding of pedigreed cats. These rules include what breeders should charge for their cats, conditions the cats should be housed in, how buyers should be treated by breeders, general breeder ethics, and even the kind of contract cat buyers should sign. You may find them listed on her site.

Unfortunately, Mrs. Zizzo fails to inform readers to her site that she has personally violated each and every rule of good cat breeding posted on her own web page. She lies and deceives her own readers by claiming she operates a “non-profit, ‘watchdog’, charitable, legal corporation, registered and copyrighted, to benefit the public at large, an advocate for all buyers of pedigreed cats worldwide.” Mrs. Zizzo also makes the statement that her site is a free public service, and claims b-pcb.info is similar to non profit corporations such as Consumer Affairs, Consumer Protection, and the Better Business Bureau. That is an interesting comparison. None of the aforementioned organizations charge a fee for their services. Mrs. Zizzo does. Here’s a brief overview of her fee schedule:

MAKE AN OPPOSED COMMENT: $1.25
FILE A COMPLAINT: $5.86
RESPOND TO COMPLAINT: $5.86
RESOLVE COMPLAINT: $5.86
RENEW COMPLAINT: $5.86
BOYCOTT PACKAGE: $59.94
REMOVE COMPLAINT COMPLETELY: $100.00

Mrs. Zizzo claims that these fees are used solely to pay for site hosting, and that she does not keep one cent from fees collected. Which raises a very good question. If a breeder pays $105.86 to resolve and remove completely a complaint that has been filed against them by Rosemarie Zizzo, who keeps the money? Seven of the 36 ‘official complaints’ on her site were filed with Mrs. Zizzo’s organization by Mrs. Zizzo herself. In addition, every one of the 33 catteries listed on the “FIP Breeder’s List” was put there by Mrs. Zizzo simply because those breeders own cats bred by a woman whom Mrs. Zizzo has been conducting a vendetta against for in excess of four years. If each of those catteries submitted proof to satisfy Mrs. Zizzo and paid the fees she demands, that would put an awfully nice chunk of change in her pocket.

Mrs. Zizzo claims to be able to resolve complaints between buyers of pedigreed cats and their breeders. Unfortunately, she cannot. Mrs. Zizzo has no authority from any registry of pedigreed cats to resolve complaints. In fact, the world’s largest registry of pedigreed cats, The Cat Fanciers’ Association, has permanently suspended Mrs. Zizzo’s rights to register and show cats under their auspices due to her harassment of other CFA breeders. Proof of her lifetime suspension may be seen at: http://www.cfainc.org/org/disciplinary-suspensions.pdf . Scroll down. Rosemarie Zizzo’s name and that of her cattery, Shar-Dew, are at the bottom of the left hand column.

Rosemarie Zizzo claims to be indigent. Yet she regularly posts ads such as this one, posted to Yahoo Classifieds on September 6, 2006:

SHADED SILVER STUD CAT SEARCHING 4 LOVE

Shaded Silver Cat searching for true love... Both parents are Grand Champions. He has an incredible nature & disposition. Interested females must have large eyes, good disposition, well groomed, nails cut, good weight & large in size, with or without papers. Females without papers must place a $250.00 additional deposit until I get my repayment kitten, once I get my owed kitten you will get your $250.00 back. Current health vet check to make sure she is 100% healthy and in breeding condition 1 day before she meets the stud. Paperwork must come with female while left. This is being done to protect my male from any health problems and your queen to make sure she has a good start as a mom. It is extremely important she has no ear mites, ringworm, no crooked teeth, bite off, does not spray or any other negative habits etc. We only want positive traits to reproduce in our kittens. Colors: silver/golden/van/chocolate/bi-color/smokes [send lots of photos of her]. Price= $450.00 + 1-male kitten. Our service not to cat breeders private party only. Interviewing the best, healthiest & largest females, by email only, reviewing her pedigree also. Once approved then by phone. I will call you so please leave your contact phone #. Once she is left if she was in heat driving in a car will bring her right out of heat. She will have to stay here for as long as it takes for her to go back into heat once again. Please bring cat litter, gravel and her food while she is here. Matings recorded/due date given. You will receive a copy of his pedigree and a signed registration papers. If you are interested please only use your paid ISP to contact us such as [aol, msn], no free emails at all [yahoo, hotmail,gmail], as we had some trouble with a few cat people spying, we want to know who is contacting us, thank you for your understanding on this issue. Additional Notes: Shipping from out of state must have current health certificate.

In the above ad, Rosemarie Zizzo offers to sell her cat’s sexual favors, for a fee. She’s prostituting her cat. Which makes her a pimp. A pussy (cat) pimp, but a pimp, nonetheless.

So, what have we here? Proof that Mrs. Zizzo is a pimp and a liar. Odd behavior for someone who considers herself an exemplary Christian, isn’t it? Then again, odd behavior is the norm when it comes to Rosemarie Zizzo.

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