{"id":7,"date":"2025-11-24T00:59:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T05:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twko.org\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:58:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:58:24","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/twko.org\/","title":{"rendered":"World Kanaani Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Official Kanaani Registry<\/p>\n

World Kanaani Organization<\/h1>\n

Protecting, documenting, and restoring the Kanaani, the rare indigenous Israeli cat breed with roots in Jerusalem and a fragile living future.<\/p>\n

\n Registry & Documentation<\/a>\n About WKO<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n
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A preservation initiative<\/p>\n

A modern registry for a nearly forgotten breed<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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The World Kanaani Organization operates as an affiliated branch of the Salita Foundation, bringing together research, documentation, animal welfare, Jewish ethics, and international cooperation.<\/p>\n

Our work focuses on verified pedigrees, responsible breeding, cultural memory, and a practical restoration path for the few known Kanaani cats still documented around the world.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n

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What we do<\/p>\n

Registry, research, and restoration<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Studbook & Records<\/h3>\n

Maintaining registration records, pedigrees, historical documents, and breed data for preservation work.<\/p>\n <\/article>\n

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Breed Protection<\/h3>\n

Supporting responsible breeders, catteries, researchers, and partners working with verified Kanaani lines.<\/p>\n <\/article>\n

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Cultural Legacy<\/h3>\n

Connecting the breed’s Israeli origins with education, compassion, continuity, and community programs.<\/p>\n <\/article>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n

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The Kanaani<\/p>\n

Small, rare, and worth protecting<\/h2>\n

The Kanaani breed emerged in Jerusalem in the 1990s. Today, its survival depends on careful documentation, international cooperation, and ethical restoration.<\/p>\n Explore the breed<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n

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Get involved<\/p>\n

Have documentation, lineage, or historical material?<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n

WKO welcomes verified records, breeder history, photographs, research leads, and institutional partnerships connected to the Kanaani restoration effort.<\/p>\n Start with the registry<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n<\/main>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Official Kanaani Registry World Kanaani Organization Protecting, documenting, and restoring the Kanaani, the rare indigenous Israeli cat breed with roots in Jerusalem and a fragile living future. Registry & Documentation About WKO A preservation initiative A modern registry for a nearly forgotten breed The World Kanaani Organization operates as an affiliated branch of the Salita […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twko.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twko.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twko.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twko.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twko.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/twko.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91,"href":"https:\/\/twko.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twko.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}