Maine Coons were under a significant thread for the first half of the 20th century, but things started to brighten in the 1960s. The Maine Coon Breeders and Fanciers Association (MCBFA) in particular, was established in 1968. There doesn’t seem to be a specific reason for the Maine Coons’ resurgence – some people just decided that they want to preserve and spread the breed and they did so quite successfully.