O SS IA ▁co ined ▁the ▁name ▁Old - Style ▁S iam ese ▁to ▁refer ▁specifically ▁to ▁the ▁moder ate , ▁original ▁type ▁of ▁registered ▁S iam ese . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁the ▁Old - Style ▁S iam ese ▁Club , ▁or ▁O SS C , ▁formed ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁and ▁adopted ▁the ▁same ▁name ▁for ▁the ▁original ▁type ▁of ▁S iam ese . ▁ ▁Native ▁pointed ▁c ats ▁were ▁imported ▁directly ▁from ▁Th ailand , ▁beginning ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁to ▁refresh ▁the ▁gene ▁pool ▁of ▁the ▁Western , ▁pedig re ed ▁Th ai ▁bre eding ▁programs ▁and ▁ensure ▁that ▁the ▁tra its ▁of ▁the ▁ind igen ous ▁S out heast ▁Asian ▁c ats ▁are ▁preserved ▁and ▁distinct ▁in ▁these ▁blood lines . ▁ ▁Begin ning ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁members ▁of ▁P RE O SS IA ▁began ▁the ▁new ▁bre ed ▁application ▁process ▁in ▁The ▁International ▁Cat ▁Association ▁( T IC A ). ▁It ▁was ▁necessary ▁to ▁request ▁separate ▁bre ed ▁status ▁from ▁the ▁S iam ese ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁permit ▁the ▁Old - Style ▁S iam ese ▁to ▁be ▁b red ▁and ▁shown ▁using ▁different ▁registration ▁rules ▁and ▁a ▁different ▁bre ed ▁standard . ▁However , ▁T IC A ▁refused ▁to ▁allow ▁the ▁name ▁Old - Style ▁S iam ese ▁for ▁the ▁" new " ▁bre ed , ▁and ▁bre ed ers ▁decided ▁to ▁follow ▁the ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁Europe ans ▁and ▁use ▁the ▁name ▁Th ai . ▁In ▁January