Even people who live with cats and have good reason to know better
insist that cats are aloof and uninterested in relating to humans.
Janet and Steven Alger contend that the anti-social cat is a myth;
cats form close bonds with humans and with each other. In the
potentially chaotic environment of a shelter that houses dozens of
uncaged cats, they reveal a sense of self and build a culture--a
shared set of rules, roles, and expectations that organizes their
world and assimilates newcomers. As volunteers in a local cat
shelter for eleven years, the Algers came to realize that despite
the frequency of new arrivals and adoptions, the social world of
the shelter remained quite stable and pacific. They saw even feral
cats adapt to interaction with humans and develop friendships with
other cats. They saw established residents take roles as welcomers
and rules enforcers. That is, they saw cats taking an active
interest in maintaining a community in which they could live
together and satisfy their individual needs. Cat Culture's intimate
portrait of life in the shelter, its engaging stories, and its
interpretations of behavior, will appeal to general readers as well
as academics interested in human and animal interaction. Author
note: Janet M. Alger is Professor of Sociology at Siena College.
Steven F. Alger is Associate Professor of Sociology at the College
of St. Rose.
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