Cats have
been popular household pets for thousands of years, and their numbers only
continue to rise. Today there are three cats for every dog on the planet, and
yet cats remain more mysterious, even to their most adoring owners. Unlike
dogs, cats evolved as solitary hunters, and, while many have learned to live
alongside humans and even feel affection for us, they still don’t quite get us”
the way dogs do, and perhaps they never will. But cats have rich emotional
lives that we need to respect and
understand if they are to thrive in our company.
In Cat
Sense, renowned anthrozoologist John Bradshaw takes us further into the mind of
the domestic cat than ever before, using cutting-edge scientific research to
dispel the myths and explain the true nature of our feline friends. Tracing the
cat’s evolution from lone predator to domesticated companion, Bradshaw shows
that although cats and humans have been living together for at least eight
thousand years, cats remain independent, predatory, and wary of contact with
their own kind, qualities that often clash with our modern lifestyles. Cats
still have three out of four paws firmly planted in the wild, and within only a
few generations can easily revert back to the independent way of life that was
the exclusive preserve of their predecessors some 10,000 years ago. Cats are
astonishingly flexible, and given the right environment they can adapt to a
life of domesticity with their owners but to continue do so, they will increasingly
need our help. If we’re to live
in harmony with our cats, Bradshaw explains, we first need to understand their
inherited quirks: understanding their body language, keeping their environments however
small sufficiently interesting, and becoming more proactive in managing
both their natural
hunting instincts and their relationships with other cats.
A
must-read for any cat lover, Cat Sense offers humane, penetrating insights
about the domestic cat that challenge our most basic assumptions and promise to
dramatically improve our pets’ lives and ours.
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