The World Cat Federation (WCF) is an international cat registry association of cat clubs. It was founded in 1988 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and operates worldwide with a strong presence in Asia, Latin America, and Eastern and Western Europe. It is currently based in Germany with Anneliese Hackmann from Essen as president. There are 370 member organisations worldwide associated to the WCF. The WCF is one of the nine members of the World Cat Congress, making it one of the major and reputable cat registries for pedigree registration of cat breeds worldwide.