4 Harmful Myths That Hurt Cats

Debunking common misunderstandings with actual scientific explanations for feline behavior

Zulie Rane

Feb 3·5 min read

A gray striped cat with green eyes looks up from a round cardboard cat nest — Photo: Ethan Brooke via Pexels

Cats are mystical animals. Pop culture would have you believe they’re capricious, confusing, clever, and conniving. Cat people (or the people who belong to cats, in more accurate terms) have struggled for millennia to understand cats and their mysterious appeal…