This is about domestic cat history. The title is a Google search term but misleading because it implies that there is a creature called ‘Grimalkin Cat’. There is not. Grimalkin is a 17th century word meaning ‘a cat’, especially an … Continue reading →
“The dramatic decrease in value of domestic cats over a 1000 years feeds cat abuse” – Michael Several statutes (laws made by government) specifically mentioned domestic cats showing how valuable they were for their mice catching skills. One Welsh statute … Continue reading →
A tribal chief who’s name was Colocolo connects a Chilean football club and a wild cat species, the Pampas cat. ‘Colocolo means ‘mountain cat’ in the Mapuche language which is spoken in south-central Chile and west central Argentina. Leader The … Continue reading →
There is an interesting post on the reddit.com website by a linguist who is an expert in the Native American languages and how to pronounce the words. You can read his post below. It is interesting that when Native North … Continue reading →
The voyeuristic fascination with domestic cats grooming their anal area started a long time ago, well before the Middle Ages but these illustrations from books tell us a bit about the feelings of people towards domestic cats from the 5th … Continue reading →
When was the first cat food made? This is a question which must refer to food made specifically for domestic cats in large quanities i.e. by a commercial manufacturer. We have a date for that but it is possible that … Continue reading →
Most of now know of the superstitious nonsense that cats are evil spirits because their bodies are occupied by an evil fiend . This crazy link between witchcraft – which itself is a fiction – and domestic cats blighted the … Continue reading →
There is a common misbelief that the Ancient Egyptians first domesticated the cat. They did not because it happened thousands of years earlier.
Continue reading →He issued a public decree or charter (a papal bull) in 1233 in which he denounced the black cat as diabolical. In doing so he gave his official blessing to the widespread persecution of cats for 5 centuries.
Continue reading →The large canine tooth of one cat is shown piercing the top of the skull of the other, killing the rival.
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