| Have you ever had the nasty experience of finding | | | | A well cared for domestic cat does not hunt through |
| some poor little dead creature slap-bang in the middle | | | | hunger. Just because she does not have the need to |
| of your kitchen floor? Or, worse yet, has your 'oh so | | | | hunt doesn't mean that she doesn't have the instinct. |
| innocent looking cat' dropped a mutilated prey right | | | | Cats are predators. When cats first moved in with |
| at your feet and acted as if you should be pleased | | | | humans thousands of years ago it was because of |
| about it? | | | | their proficient hunting skills. The cats learnt that |
| If things like the above have happened to you, you | | | | where there were humans there were also rodents. |
| must have wondered why your cat does that. After | | | | The humans learnt just how accomplished cats are at |
| all you feed her, and feed her well, don't you? So | | | | catching and killing, thereby keeping the rodent |
| why does she feel the need to hunt wildlife, let alone | | | | population down. It was to be many years later that |
| bring the corpses or injured but still living creatures | | | | felines became thought of as pets and were kept |
| back home? | | | | primarily for their companionship. |