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The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World

byAbigail Tucker

Abigail Tucker traces the transformation of wildcats into one of the world's most successful companion animals. Unlike species deliberately bred for work, cats largely entered human settlements on their own, exploiting rodents, shelter, and affection while retaining much of their independence. Archaeology, genetics, behavior, ecology, and the pet industry explain their global spread. The book also confronts feral populations and predation on wildlife. Tucker portrays domestication as a negotiation in which cats changed human households as much as humans changed them, becoming small predators uniquely suited to modern life.

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Publication date

Sep 05, 2017

Format

Print edition

Pages

256

ISBN

9781476738246