I can't see why some folks think cats are "useless". I love it when there is a kitty sleeping next to me, purring. I've had insomnia for several years, and the purring helps me fall asleep.
Out of respect for the squeemish, I shouldn't mention how it was in Long Beach CA. Gophers, sewer rats, shovel. Every morning before the kids went to school...
"I can't see why some folks think cats are "useless"."
We had a dog, whom we loved, but we had more cats....took in two strays who had nine kittens within a week of each other.....oh dear! They were all adorable! My house looked like a scene from "The Gremlins." They ruined the dining room table and the drapes. (That's when I was really stupid.) As I said before....great memories! My girls laugh and thank me now. The drapes and the dining room table have been replaced....
Another stray after the others crossed the Rainbow Bridge......a gorgeous white long haired cat. The girls named "her" Mercedes. Several months later, when we didn't find an owner, we found out that Mercedes was a male....when I took "her" to our vet to be "spayed." He turned "her" over and said...."this is a male, and he's been neutered." He was the very best cat we had ever had...a real treasure! We wish he could have been cloned!
Yes, cats are so very special!