cats

[guiness]

how long have cats been domesticated

[shaneystar]

They had cats in Ancient Egypt ,so quite a long time I would think.Wikepedia gives lots of info here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat

[silly moo]

Cats are actually classed as a wild animal still.
If you run over a dog you must by law report it to the police ; not however if you run over a cat.

[Octavius]

Cats and humans have a long history together. Archaeological evidence of this relationship dates to 8,000 years ago.

"The wildcat is the real cat, the soul of the domestic cat; unknowable to human beings, yet he exists inside our household pets, who have long ago seduced us with their seemingly civilized ways."
Joyce Carol Oates
 
The first signs of domestication date to about 8,000 years ago. They come from the island of Cyprus, where the bones of cats, mice, and humans have been found together. All three of these species first appear on Cyprus at the same time. Apparently humans brought the other two to the island, the mice by accident and the cats on purpose.

In the beginning, cats were probably tolerated by humans because they killed the mice and rats that ate their food stores. Full domestication of the cat as a household companion likely occurred in Egypt about 4,000 years ago. To overcome the natural fear that wild cats had of humans, they were most likely captured as kittens and hand-reared.

Lots of stuff here if you wish to look further:

 wildtomild

 

[snapdharlich]

Are those little s***s domesticated? - Even when they s**t on my Yukka Plant. Just because they purr, doesn't mean they're nice. Little monkies!!

[Octavius]

No, snap, those ones are specially trained to do that