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How did domestic cats come to be?

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But cats, unlike other domestic animals, have changed very little compared to their wild ancestors, that's why sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between feral and really wild individuals, and interbreeding has resulted in many hybrids of the two. read more

As far as cats were concerned as the supreme form of life on the planet, having slaves to provide constant care and worship was the natural order of things. Now the European traders came along and started smuggling cats onto their ships to control the rodents plaguing their food and grain shipments. read more

Ships sometimes had cats to keep rodents at bay in the cargo hold. Maine Coons are American breeds that are the descendants of the Norwegian Forest Cats or Turkish cats. Some believe these domestic cats may have bred with local bobcats or lynxes producing the Maine Coon-rough coated, square faced, tufted ears and with tufted snowshoe bunny feet. read more

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