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Cat Sense: How The New Feline Science Can Make You A Better Friend To Your Pet

by John Bradshaw

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Cats have been popular household pets for thousands of years, and their numbers only continue to rise. Today there are three cats for every dog on the planet, and yet cats remain more mysterious, even to their most adoring owners. Unlike dogs, cats evolved as solitary hunters, and, while many have learned to live alongside humans and even feel affection for us, they still don’t quite “get us” the way dogs do, and perhaps they never will. But cats have rich emotional lives that we need to respect and understand if they are to thrive in our company. In Cat Sense, renowned anthrozoologist John Bradshaw takes us further into the mind of the domestic cat than ever before, using cutting-edge scientific research to dispel the myths and explain the true nature of our feline friends.…

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"I gave this book to every cat-loving friend of mine this year, and to judge by the number of times they’ve quoted it back to me, Cat Sense is an indispensable addition to the cat-lore canon. Even if it did make me feel guilty about having three cats: Did you know most cats really prefer to be alone? Cat Sense is jam-packed with fascinating (and contrarian) tidbits like that, covering everything from why cats purr to why they bring us dead things — and why we keep them around, even though their original purpose as mousers is mostly obsolete. Obligatory cat pun coming up … this book is a purrfect gift for the cat lady or cat dude in your life."
NPR Books We Love — 2013 · apps.npr.org