I don't hate cats per se. It's just that my parents almost always owned cats and I had a few bad experience, including a few scratches. :). Everyone in the family disliked them except my Mom. I'm not very fond of cats, but DOGS and birds, I love them, especially dogs, as they're my favorite pets.
That's interesting, since that's about my take on cats. I never had any bad experiences, in fact, I enjoyed my mom's cats at times, I just like dogs a lot better. Dogs and fish. I 've never had birds, but I do keep a couple of freshwater tanks of tropical fish.