So, Is Your Cat A prehistoric Killer Or A domestic Pet?
AnimalCare 
Sep 10, 2013 
AnimalCare, NGOs 
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A friend shared this:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2415895/Cats-help-aloof–OUR-fault-Humans-cultivating-prehistoric-killer-felines-letting-tame-cats-breed.html?printingPage=true
An excerpt:
John Bradshaw said that as cats have only been domestically bred for a few thousand years, they are caught in a generic ‘grey area’ somewhere in between being a prehistoric killer and a domestic pet.
He said human are partly responsible for cats’ genetic situation as the less desirable or wild parts of their character stems from humans ‘counter intuitive’ way of breeding the animals,Medical Dailyreported.
Dr Bradshaw of Bristol University said tamer cats that are most suited to the domestic environment are the least likely to have kittens as 88 per cent of pet cats are spayed or neutered by careful owners.
While this has been billed as responsible practice, he said cats do not become tamer as a domestic generic lineage is largely not allowed to emerge.
Oh, but don’t we already know this? LOL!
I have my titan-cats (Cow, Bunny and Indy) and my killer-cats (Pole and Cleo), but I also have Mandela Tiger and Ever-So-Eager-to-Please Tabs!!
And the irony of it is, my outside (so called “stray”) cats are all tame! Well, we did have Mr Quack and now, Colonel Zurik and his KGB Shrew-Squad!
At the end of the day, “tampering with Nature” has its consequences, I’m sure we are all aware of this, but the earth has already been so massively and severely tampered with, it’s come to a point where we can only look at what we have produced (after centuries of tampering) and do the best we can for the wellbeing of all.
If all the insects were to disappear from the Earth, within fifty years all life on Earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the Earth, within fifty years all forms of life would flourish Quote by Jonas Salk
I’m happy as I am…
We cats live in the present moment….you might want to try doing that too.
And when things don’t go right, our mothership will come bail us out…
And if you have been good to us, we might save some seats for you too.
But only if you have been good to us.
Remember we were worshipped by the ancient Egyptians?
Now, they were smart people and they knew what’s good for them.
Source: http://myanimalcare.org/2013/09/10/so-is-your-cat-a-prehistoric-killer-or-a-domestic-pet/
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