Syria is in the middle of the “fertile crescent”, the area where the wildcat was first domesticated about 9,500 years ago, it is believed. Syria is also the place where, at the date of this post, terribly cruel things are happening to people and to animals in a horrible civil war that the international community are unable to stop because they are unable to come to an agreement. The usual dysfunctional planet.
I’d like to remember the cats of Syria, many of whom must be injured, suffering, starving and dying. Some of the world’s first domestic cats were in Syria so it is ironic that people are now killing each other together with animals, including cats in the very same area.
See cat history.
Sad!:( Syrians are brothers and sisters of Turks!
I hate that our horrible pro-Islamic government is so supportive for a war!
Poor cats. Syria is also the Angora cat’s homeland 🙁
When you speak about the domestication of cat, you should also include Anatolia, which was part of Fertile Crescent. The genetic variation found in Turkish cats also supports Anatolia as a place of cat domestication.
Kind Regards
The cats, the people, the animals, all of it is a shame.
Poor cats, poor all animals, poor innocent people, and poor US citizens. We, the people here, are SCREAMING that we are not in support of an attack on Syria. We are being ignored. Not any portion of the U.N. supports it either.
WE never appointed this nation’ leader(s) to be the world police, judge, jury, or executioner. We HATE it!
But, it will happen. This country is broke and war is big business and generates revenue.