There’s a book review entitled The Case Against Cats in the current issue of The Atlantic
magazine. Cat lovers won’t like it. It discusses the sociopathic nature of cats
and mentions the number of species that cats have wiped out, the diseases they
carry, and the mega roundup and extermination of cats in New Zealand and Australia.
I was uncomfortable reading it because I think cats are cute.
There has long been an argument over whether dogs are
smarter than cats. The dog people contend that dogs can learn tricks and that
cats cannot. But frankly, I don’t recall anyone ever saying “Oh that Stephen
Hawking! What a clever fellow he is….he does exactly whatever you tell him to
do.”
Yes, cats do sleep a lot and Yes they don’t seem to be
very empathetic, but they must have provided some benefit because some people surely
do like having them around.
While I think that dogs are smarter, I do concede that even if Cats could follow instructions like dogs, I doubt they would, and that does give them an air of independence.
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