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  And us from them.I dont have any family,and my cat was dumped on me by a roomate.The cat has taught me how loving an asshole is possible-just like you folks w/family may have to do...
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  I was trying to think of an animal that has benefited more, and arrived at pigeons, but then cats benefited from the rise of pigeons too. >
  
  Cockroaches. They'd be stuck at the tropics without the warmth of cities. >
  
  Rats, dogs, and probably at least pigeons would make that list before cats.
  Besides, if you ask cats, they'll tell you, "Mm, humans.  I could take em or leave em." >
  
  Debatable, how do you quantify benefits from say a cat, and a dog? >
  
  because not every culture treats dogs right, for example Muslims find dogs disgusting, in eastern Europe  dogs are chained for the rest of their lives and used as house guards, and in the far east people may eat dog meat. In contrast cats when used for economic purposes are left alone to hunt and when they are used as pets they are pretty pampered. >
  
  “Disgusting” is a bit of an overstatement.  Lots of Muslims keep dogs.  They just keep them as work animals not pets.  
  “Unclean” is not quite the same as “disgusting”. 
  Basically, just like horses, or donkeys, they weren’t off limits.  They just weren’t animals you would let sleep in your house, or that you would handle without washing your hands after. >
  
  You could probably make an argument for livestock as well. Sure they mostly end up as food, but from a species standpoint they have done well >
  
  if you count them becoming fatter just so we can eat more of it and the fact that sheep cannot live without humans anymore or the fact that every cow, most pigs, chickens, etc are not in the wild and the wild ones are a small percentage then their not wild counterpart, then yes, they are doing "well" >
  
  Yes, that's what his caveat was for...