The Case Against Cats

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.