Millwood Toby of Delhi shaped the look and temperament of early Bengal cats through Jean Mill’s breeding program.

Jean Mill developed Bengal cats by crossing Asian Leopard Cats with domestic shorthairs in the early sixties to combine wild rosettes with gentle personalities.

Bengal cats from Loma Linda University and the specific specimens Jean Mill received for her breeding program.

Jean Mill and her Bengal cat breeding program experienced an early pause before she restarted the project to develop the breed.

Jean Mill paused her Bengal cat breeding program due to early male sterility, difficult wild temperaments, and F1 generation hurdles.

Jean Mill named her Bengal cat cattery to establish the genetic foundation of modern breeds during the early 1960s.

Breeder Jean Mill developed the California Spangled Cat before creating the Bengal cat through selective breeding.

Mill earned a psychology degree at Pomona College and kept a strong interest in genetics, giving her a lens on temperament and heredity for breeding cats.

Jean Mill operated her Millwood cattery in California during the nineteen sixties while breeding early Bengal cats.

Jean Mill made her first documented Bengal cat cross in 1963 by breeding an Asian Leopard Cat and a domestic black cat.