With rising education and more widespread knowledge about animals, combined with the arrival of Western and Japanese cartoon cats--from Garfield and Felix to Totoro and No No--the image of the cat has steadily improved. Taiwan's people seem particularly fond of Persian cats.
隨著近年教育水準的提昇，動物知識的普及，加上西風東漸，加菲貓、菲力貓、龍貓、NONO 等「進口」卡通貓主角的推波助瀾，貓形象水漲船高，而台灣人尤對波斯貓鍾情癡迷。