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It is believed that cats, which can be found on every continent in the world except Antarctica, spread from the lands of present-day Turkey 10 thousand years ago.
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DNA analyses conducted in 2018 indicate that the ancestors of cats most likely originated from Turkey and that early farmers used these animals to combat rodents.
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Cats also benefited from the agricultural revolution that was spreading across the world, and they reached Cyprus in 2500 B.C.
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Within the next few centuries, cats passed through human agency into Bulgaria and Romania, and subsequently spread to Egypt.
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Animals were valued here more than by the Egyptians; the local people attached importance to cats as a sign of nobility and wealth.
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Later, as their popularity grew, Egyptian cats were transported by Romans and Vikings on their ships to their own countries for pest control purposes.
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Cats subsequently spread throughout all of Africa, Europe, and Asia. These animals were finally transported across the ocean by humans on ships with the discovery of the Americas.
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It is estimated that today, one in every three homes in the US has at least one cat, and the total number of cats in the country is 93.5 million.
News Source : 12punto
