I love my cat.  They're often valued by us for companionship and their ability to clean up mice and such.
I used to have a cat, I do miss having a cat around the house
They are normally called house cats when kept as indoor pets, or just cats when there is no need to distinguish.
bur are cats truly domesticated like dogs?
control the breeding of pet cats by spaying and neutering, as well as abandonment of pets, has resulted in large numbers of feral cats worldwide, contributing to the extinction of entire bird species, and evoking population control.
It was long thought that cat domestication was initiated in Egypt, because cats in ancient Egypt were venerated since around 3100 BC.
However, the earliest indication for the taming of an African wildcat ("F. lybica") was found in Cyprus, where a cat skeleton was excavated close by a
Exotic felines as pets
A pet exotic feline, also called pet wild cat or pet non-domestic cat, is a member of the Felidae family (excluding the house cat and hybrids thereof) kept as an exotic pet.
Definition and differentiations.
Hybrids of the domestic cat with non-domestic species (e. g. the Bengal cat or the Savannah cat) are not normally considered wild cats. While this distinction is often overlooked in the media and in the public eye, such cat breeds (especially the F5