Misconceptions exist around the domestic cat. Fizzl – stock.adobe.com
SEEN FROM ELSEWHERE – Professor and zoologist Marcin Urbaniak explains step by step how the fascination with cats and the misunderstanding of their well-being develop.
Ewa Furtak (Gazeta Wyborcza)
Marcin Urbaniak is an associate professor at the Pedagogical University of Krakow, cognitive researcher, zoologist and bioethicist.
Gazeta Wyborcza. – We forgive cats a lot, while we feel no pity, for example, for a spider. Is it because cats are cute?
Marcin URBANIAK. – To forgive – or even worse, to refuse to forgive – animals for their behaviors, including dogs and cats, is to attribute to them intentions and motivations that they absolutely do not have. Their masters are responsible for it, not them. They are there for nothing. But actually, cats seem to attract the most affection. The extraordinary popularity of photos and videos of cats on the internet is proof of this.
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