Why The Cat Lives With People
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Why The Cat Lives With People
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Author : Margaret OKELLO
language : en
Publisher: East African Publishers
Release Date : 1994
Why The Cat Lives With People written by Margaret OKELLO and has been published by East African Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with categories.
Feline Philosophy
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Author : John Gray
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2020-10-29
Feline Philosophy written by John Gray and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-29 with Philosophy categories.
'Why can't a human be more like a cat? That is the question threaded through this vivid patchwork of philosophy, fiction, history and memoir ... a wonderful mixture of flippancy and profundity, astringency and tenderness, wit and lament' Jane O'Grady, Daily Telegraph 'When I play with my cat, how do I know she is not passing time with me rather than I with her?' Montaigne There is no real evidence that humans ever 'domesticated' cats. Rather, it seems that at some point cats saw the potential value to themselves of humans. John Gray's wonderful new book is an attempt to get to grips with the philosophical and moral issues around the uniquely strange relationship between ourselves and these remarkable animals. Feline Philosophy draws on centuries of philosophy, from Montaigne to Schopenhauer, to explore the complex and intimate links that have defined how we react to and behave with this most unlikely 'pet'. At the heart of the book is a sense of gratitude towards cats as perhaps the species that more than any other - in the essential loneliness of our position in the world - gives us a sense of our own animal nature.
Cat Sense
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Author : John Bradshaw
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
Release Date : 2013-09-10
Cat Sense written by John Bradshaw and has been published by Basic Books (AZ) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-10 with Pets categories.
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. Tracing the cat’s evolution from lone predator to domesticated companion, Bradshaw shows that although cats and humans have been living together for at least eight thousand years, cats remain independent, predatory, and wary of contact with their own kind, qualities that often clash with our modern lifestyles. Cats still have three out of four paws firmly planted in the wild, and within only a few generations can easily revert back to the independent way of life that was the exclusive preserve of their predecessors some 10,000 years ago. Cats are astonishingly flexible, and given the right environment they can adapt to a life of domesticity with their owners—but to continue do so, they will increasingly need our help. If we’re to live in harmony with our cats, Bradshaw explains, we first need to understand their inherited quirks: understanding their body language, keeping their environments—however small—sufficiently interesting, and becoming more proactive in managing both their natural hunting instincts and their relationships with other cats. A must-read for any cat lover, Cat Sense offers humane, penetrating insights about the domestic cat that challenge our most basic assumptions and promise to dramatically improve our pets’ lives—and ours.
Cat Culture
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Author : Janet Alger
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 2003
Cat Culture written by Janet Alger and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Nature categories.
Even people who live with cats and have good reason to know better insist that cats are aloof and uninterested in relating to humans. Janet and Steven Alger contend that the anti-social cat is a myth; cats form close bonds with humans and with each other. In the potentially chaotic environment of a shelter that houses dozens of uncaged cats, they reveal a sense of self and build a culture—a shared set of rules, roles, and expectations that organizes their world and assimilates newcomers.As volunteers in a local cat shelter for eleven years, the Algers came to realize that despite the frequency of new arrivals and adoptions, the social world of the shelter remained quite stable and pacific. They saw even feral cats adapt to interaction with humans and develop friendships with other cats. They saw established residents take roles as welcomers and rules enforcers. That is, they saw cats taking an active interest in maintaining a community in which they could live together and satisfy their individual needs. Cat Culture's intimate portrait of life in the shelter, its engaging stories, and its interpretations of behavior, will appeal to general readers as well as academics interested in human and animal interaction.
Cat Person
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Author : Kristen Roupenian
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2018-05-03
Cat Person written by Kristen Roupenian and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-03 with Fiction categories.
She thought, brightly, This is the worst life decision I have ever made! And she marvelled at herself for a while, at the mystery of this person who’d just done this bizarre, inexplicable thing. Margot meets Robert. They exchange numbers. They text, flirt and eventually have sex – the type of sex you attempt to forget. How could one date go so wrong? Everything that takes place in Cat Person happens to countless people every day. But Cat Person is not an everyday story. In less than a week, Kristen Roupenian’s New Yorker debut became the most read and shared short story in their website’s history. This is the bad date that went viral. This is the conversation we’re all having. This gift edition contains photographs by celebrated photographer Elinor Carucci, who was commissioned by the New Yorker to capture the image that accompanied Kristen Roupenian’s Cat Person when it appeared in the magazine. You Know You Want This, Kristen Roupenian’s debut collection, will be published in February 2019.
Catwatching
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Author : Desmond Morris
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2009-03-26
Catwatching written by Desmond Morris and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-26 with Nature categories.
The personality of the cat is a fascinating mixture of affection, domesticity and active independence. You may think you know your cat as he purrs in your lap, but come across your pet in the street on a dark night and you might think that Bagpuss suffers from a dual personality. Every single feline pet carries an inheritance of amazing sensory capacities, vocal utterances, body language and territorial displays. By answering such questions as 'what does a cat signal with its ears? 'why does a cat rub up against your leg?' and 'why does a cat swing its head from side to side when staring at its prey?', Desmond Morris decodes the private world of the cat. Your cat is full of surprises and our finest zoologist is about to reveal their secrets in this beautifully repackaged edition of a much loved bestseller.
The Way Of Cats
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Author : Pamela Merritt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-05-31
The Way Of Cats written by Pamela Merritt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-31 with categories.
The Way of Cats is a way of playing games with our cat. These communication, training, and affection games are fun and easy to learn. Then we have well-behaved and happy cats.
The Trainable Cat
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Author : John Bradshaw
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2016-08-04
The Trainable Cat written by John Bradshaw and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-04 with Pets categories.
'Amazing' Guardian From the on-screen experts for BBC2's Cat Watch, and based on their groundbreaking research - this is the ultimate guide to making your cat a happier, more sociable animal. The idea of a trained cat is a contradiction in terms, isn't it? Naturally solitary, wary, easily threatened by newcomers, they are attached to place rather than people, and much of their 'antisocial' behaviour arises in situations where that attachment is threatened. But, as cat experts Sarah Ellis and John Bradshaw argue, such stress-induced behaviour can be prevented, reduced, even eliminated, by training. A comprehensive and engaging step-by-step guide, The Trainable Cat will help you to help your cat negotiate the complexities of everyday life: to enjoy living with humans - including new babies and lively toddlers - and other pets; to answer to their name; settle into a new home; and to overcome the anxiety of a visit to the vet. You can train your cat to do what is in its own best interests - even when its instincts tell it otherwise. 'I doubt you'll find a more well-informed or scientific book on cats that better shows you how feline thinking works' The Times
Cats Do It Better Than People
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Author : Theresa Mancuso
language : en
Publisher: Adams Media
Release Date : 2004-11
Cats Do It Better Than People written by Theresa Mancuso and has been published by Adams Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11 with Pets categories.
A companion volume to Dog People Do It Better takes readers inside the minds of one's feline companions to provide two hundred entertaining stories and witty anecdotes about the colorful world of cats. Original. 50,000 first printing.
The Domestic Cat
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Author : Dennis C. Turner
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2000-06-08
The Domestic Cat written by Dennis C. Turner and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-06-08 with Nature categories.
Unravels the mysteries of cat behaviour for the general reader and specialist alike.