My last sharing on the article about Cats was on October 5th 2008. Today, I've got another interesting facts on 'The Cat and the Rat', which I think most people would be interested to know more as we all know that both cats and rats are enemies, but not knowing the reason behind them. So, here's the story.........
The Cat and the Rat
The cat has always and will always be the rat's enemy.
According to Madagascan legend, the cat and the rat once live in peace until a famine struck. A migration took the cat and rat to a river and while crossing, the rat was almost drowned and begged for help from the cat who had been fooled earlier by the rat. The cat agreed to help the rat on condition that he would be allowed to eat the rat upon reaching the bank, but the cunning rat outsmarted the cat and escaped. Since then, the cat has made eternal war on the entire race of rats.
In ancient Egypt, the cat rapidly showed itself to be a very effective weapon against the scourge of mice and rats which were infesting the cornfield. The special characteristic of the cat have certainly played a great part in influencing the cat's destiny in human society and later contributed to its spiritual quality, the cat goddess, Bastet.
Rats were the causes of plague which brought deaths and miseries to mankind down the centuries. Rats, against whom, until our own era, the only weapon was the misunderstood and ill-loved cat.
The barbarian invasions brought rats in their wake and Europe's first ratting cats. From the North Sea to the Adriatic countries laws were made in favour of cats. In Central Wales in the middle of the 10th Century a legal code was introduced fixing the value of ratting cats, depending on their ratting skills. Penalties were imposed on those who endangered the animal.
Dr. Loir, son-in-law of Louis Pasteur undertook to prove that it was not a starving cat that make the best killer of rats. On the contrary, the hostility of cats to rats was instinctive, spontaneous, a matter of sport and leisure habit. The ratting cat hunts and kills purely for pleasure. The cat has everywhere been proved a better weapon than poisons or traps, as it is more discreet, patient and effective.
Since World War II, it is the biochemical industry that has led the vanguard in this war against rodents. But the cats still act as an ever vigilant army against their ancient enemy, the rats.
The cat has always and will always be the rat's enemy.
According to Madagascan legend, the cat and the rat once live in peace until a famine struck. A migration took the cat and rat to a river and while crossing, the rat was almost drowned and begged for help from the cat who had been fooled earlier by the rat. The cat agreed to help the rat on condition that he would be allowed to eat the rat upon reaching the bank, but the cunning rat outsmarted the cat and escaped. Since then, the cat has made eternal war on the entire race of rats.
In ancient Egypt, the cat rapidly showed itself to be a very effective weapon against the scourge of mice and rats which were infesting the cornfield. The special characteristic of the cat have certainly played a great part in influencing the cat's destiny in human society and later contributed to its spiritual quality, the cat goddess, Bastet.
Rats were the causes of plague which brought deaths and miseries to mankind down the centuries. Rats, against whom, until our own era, the only weapon was the misunderstood and ill-loved cat.
The barbarian invasions brought rats in their wake and Europe's first ratting cats. From the North Sea to the Adriatic countries laws were made in favour of cats. In Central Wales in the middle of the 10th Century a legal code was introduced fixing the value of ratting cats, depending on their ratting skills. Penalties were imposed on those who endangered the animal.
Dr. Loir, son-in-law of Louis Pasteur undertook to prove that it was not a starving cat that make the best killer of rats. On the contrary, the hostility of cats to rats was instinctive, spontaneous, a matter of sport and leisure habit. The ratting cat hunts and kills purely for pleasure. The cat has everywhere been proved a better weapon than poisons or traps, as it is more discreet, patient and effective.
Since World War II, it is the biochemical industry that has led the vanguard in this war against rodents. But the cats still act as an ever vigilant army against their ancient enemy, the rats.
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