It's interesting that cat breeding happened among colonies of wild or feral cats, and it wasn't until the Middle Ages that cat fancy began developing breeds. T

It's interesting that cat breeding happened among colonies of wild or feral cats, and it wasn't until the Middle Ages that cat fancy began developing breeds. There are large colonies of self-sustaining feral cat populations in nearly every city—at least in the U.S. and surely outside it as well. Certainly cat breeders supply a number of pets, but these feral cat populations are a major source of house cats. Certainly all our pets are rescues or were originally born outside.