Cats

Perhaps you have noticed this problem. There are 150 kinds of dogs in the world, but cat breeds only account for a fraction of the dogs. Dogs vary in size and appearance, but cats always seem to have the same size and appearance, and even if they are different, they remain the same. Why is this?

From a domestication perspective, cats were domesticated much later than dogs. Dogs were first domesticated because humans needed them to help with hunting and herding. As time went by, the potential working abilities of dogs were further developed, and people found that specifically training a breed of dog could make them better able to perform tasks. To serve humans, dogs began to be domesticated into multiple varieties to meet the corresponding tasks.

Cats have not been entrusted with such a heavy responsibility since they were domesticated. At the beginning, people just wanted to use cats' ability to catch mice to help people keep food. Cats gradually joined human families because they had enough food, but cats seemed to be limited to catching mice. This is not only related to cats’ self-centered consciousness, but also to their size and talent. Can you imagine how a few cats can pull a sled for humans?

In fact, humans did not domesticate cats into working animals in the first place, so cats, as companion animals of humans, could not produce multiple varieties or undergo major transformations for a long period of time. Although people have bred many new cat breeds based on their own preferences, it may take a long, long, long time to reach the same number as dog breeds.

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