They don’t require to be handled strolls, they don’t use up as much space as dogs and they are much more independent.
More than a quarter of homes share their houses with a puss, amounting to a shocking 8 million cats throughout the nation.
On National Cat Day we asked our Facebook fans to publish images of their family pets – and much of their stories left paw prints on our hearts.
There were owners who embraced rescue cats from the RSPCA and a touching appeal from Dawn Longden-Whiting asking individuals in Stonegravels, Chesterfield to keep an eye out for Jazz who vanished 15 months back.