Cats can be cooperative when something feels good, which, to a cat, is the way everything is supposed to feel as much of the time as possible.

In Egypt: Under no conditions, under threat of death could anyone kill a cat. People were exceuted for even killing a cat accidentally. And when a cat died, the whole family, and probably their closest friends, went into mourning, the measure of their personal loss signalled by their shaving off their eyebrows.

Being patted is what it is all about.

Generally, or at least very often, people with a deep interest in animals are the best people around.

I am as confounded by dogs as I am indebted to them.

We are the ones who have high blood pressure, ulcers, and heart attacks, not cats.

Cats are a tonic, they are a laugh, they are a cuddle, they are at least pretty just about all of the time and beautiful some of the time.