all-white or partly-white coat—like most Chinese house cats today—and a long tail, and its ancestors probably came from Kazakhstan. Today's domestic cats are descended from the African ...

A Tang Dynasty mural from A.D. 829 is one of the earliest depictions of domestic cats in China. Two black-and-white cats are visible at the center. | Credit: Zheng H, Liu Y, Chi M. (2013).

Courtney White, vice president of veterinary medicine at the Humane Society of Huron Valley in Ann Arbor, said risk to humans and widespread exposure to community and domestic cats is considered ...