- The more games someone plays with their cat, the better the feline’s quality of life and the better the relationship between the cat and their guardian. Furthermore, cats show signs of distress when their people haven’t played with them for a while. They become more destructive, more aggressive, or more reclusive, depending perhaps on their inherent nature.
These are just some of the findings made by researchers who designed detailed surveys that were answered by almost 1,600 people in 55 countries. The researchers, hailing from Australia’s University of Adelaide, reported their results in a study entitled “Cats Just Want to Have Fun,” which appeared in the journal Animal Welfare.
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