Cat Origins

Posted by Leslie on February 1st, 2008 | No Comments

In case you’re wondering (and I know you’ve been losing sleep over this), the modern housecat’s genes have been traced to the Middle East.

The roots of the domesticated cat’s family tree all converge in the Middle East, with many surprising ancestral twists and turns along the way…

And just because now is as good a time as any, here’s my housecat, Trixie. We adopted her from the local SPCA when she was about two-years-old. She’s a real sweetheart!