cat fancy
{{Short description|Humans who like cats}}
{{about|the animal fancier subculture|the magazine|Cat Fancy{{!}}Cat Fancy}}
{{redirect|Cat culture|culture among animals including cats|Animal culture}}
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Cat fancy describes the subculture{{cite web |url= https://www.petful.com/misc/the-subculture-of-cats/ |title=The Weird, Wonderful Subculture of Cat Lovers |first=T. J. |last=Banks |date=July 8, 2018 |work=Petful.com |access-date=November 24, 2023}}{{cite web |title=Rock the catsbah: Denver's competitive cat scene is a subculture all its own |first=Cory |last=Lamz |date=April 11, 2011 |work=Westword |url= https://www.westword.com/arts/rock-the-catsbah-denvers-competitive-cat-scene-is-a-subculture-all-its-own-5818620 |access-date=November 24, 2023}} that surrounds cat lovers and their hobbies involving the appreciation, promotion, showing, or breeding of cats. Animal fanciers of cats may refer to themselves as "cat people", "cat fanciers", or "cat lovers". The term "cat culture" has also been used,{{cite web |date=2018 |url= https://www.CatNation.tv |title=Home |work=CatNation.tv |location=Brisbane, Australia |publisher=Cat Nation |first1=Tim |last1=Delmastro |first2=Jason |last2=Spencer |quote=A film about Japan's crazy cat culture.}} though is ambiguous.{{efn|"Cat culture" more often refers to the animal culture that develops among cats living in close proximity to each other.{{cite journal |last=Alger |first=Janet M. |title=Cat Culture, Human Culture: An Ethnographic Study of a Cat Shelter |date=1999 |journal=Society and Animals |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=199–218 |location=Cambridge, UK |publisher=White Horse Press |doi=10.1163/156853099X00086 |url= https://www.animalsandsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/alger1.pdf |access-date=November 24, 2023}}}}
Description
Cat fanciers often wear clothing that identifies the wearer as a cat person.{{cite news |work=Winnipeg Free Press |date=December 31, 2018 |url= https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/metro/New-store-is-the-cats-meow-503718861.html |title=New store is the cat's meow |first=Eva |last=Wasney}} Some of them use cat puns such as meowvalous for 'marvelous', and paw some for 'awesome', among many others.{{cite web |work=Canidae.com |date=August 18, 2017 |url= https://www.canidae.com/blog/2017/08/words-that-only-cat-people-understand/ |title=Words That Only Cat People Understand |first=Julia |last=Williams |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190417181244/https://www.canidae.com/blog/2017/08/words-that-only-cat-people-understand/ |archive-date=April 17, 2019}} Cat terms such as "porrect" have been used in article titles such as CBS Sacramento's article about two cats living alone in a Silicon Valley studio.{{cite news |work=CBS Sacramento |url= https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2019/01/14/purrfect-tenants-2-cats-live-alone-in-a-silicon-valley-studio-for-1500-mo/ |title=Purrfect Tenants: 2 Cats Live Alone in a Silicon Valley Studio for $1,500/Mo. |date=January 14, 2019}} According to a 2013 article by Psychology Today, self-identified cat people have more unusual and distinctive personality traits than dog people. The article also speculates that due to the sensitive nature of cats, some people of a similar nature would feel an affinity with cats.{{cite magazine |magazine=Psychology Today |date=April 17, 2013 |url= https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/unique-everybody-else/201304/cat-people-are-more-distinctive-dog-people |title=Cat People Are More Distinctive Than Dog People |first=Scott A. |last=McGreal |access-date=November 24, 2023}}
Around the world
In Pasadena, California, there is a cat festival called CatCon Worldwide.{{cite news |work=The Guardian |date=April 16, 2018 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/16/claws-pop-culture-crazy-cat-lady-lonely-sexless-eccentric-stereotype-millennial-ailurophiles |title=Claws out! Why pop culture clings to the crazy cat lady |first=Lucy |last=Jones |access-date=November 24, 2023}} In 2018, the POP Cats Convention was held in Austin, Texas.{{cite web |work=Patch |date=August 21, 2018 |url= https://patch.com/texas/southaustin/time-meow-plan-attending-austin-pop-cats-convention |title=Meow Is the Time to Plan on Attending Austin POP Cats Convention |first=Tony |last=Cantu}} There is a cat-themed cruise in the US (operating out of both Florida and Alaska), named Meow Meow Cruise, on which cat lovers can meet people with the same interest and have cat-themed parties.{{cite web |work=The Travel |date=January 25, 2019 |url= https://www.thetravel.com/25-of-the-strangest-cruises-people-will-regret-booking-instantly/ |title=25 of the Strangest Cruises People Will Regret Booking Instantly |first=Marika |last=Kazimierska}}
In Morocco, cats are an inherent part of the country's culture. A 2018 article by Morocco World News suggested that people visiting there could think that the Moroccan person-to-cat ratio is fairly close to 1:1. Many Moroccans are said to love cats, and around the cities are piles of food and water trays left for the cats.{{cite news |work=Morocco World News |date=July 23, 2018 |url= https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2018/07/251003/photos-moroccos-cat-culture/ |title=In Photos: Morocco's Cat Culture |first=Renee |last=Sang}}
Cat Nation, a film by Tim Delmastro about cat fancy in Japan, features Chris Broad, a British YouTube personality. Broad made his way across the country where he documented the numerous strange and interesting cat-centric activities, including cat bars, cat temples, cat islands, and cat cafés.{{cite press release |agency=PR Newswire |date=February 22, 2018 |url= https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-documentary-turns-japanese-cats-into-feline-film-stars-300603083.html |title=New Documentary Turns Japanese Cats into Feline Film Stars |location=Brisbane, Australia |publisher=Cat Nation |first1=Tim |last1=Delmastro |first2=Jason |last2=Spencer}}
Singapore has many cat lovers, cat cafés, and a cat museum. It had its first cat festival in 2018.{{cite web |work=Weekender |location=Singapore |date=June 28, 2018 |url= https://weekender.com.sg/w/do/indulge-in-your-cat-obsession-at-singapores-first-ever-cat-festival/ |title=Indulge in Your Cat Obsession at Singapore's First Ever Cat Festival}}
Online
{{Main|Cats and the Internet}}
Cat subculture has transferred to and been amplified by the Internet, where it now flourishes.{{cite news |work=CNN.com |department="Health" department |date=December 19, 2016 |url= https://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/19/health/cat-culture/index.html |title='Mysterious power over humanity': How cats affect health |first=Alice |last=Robb |publisher=Cable News Network |access-date=November 24, 2023}} Cats, especially in the form of LOLcats, have long been a staple of Internet meme pictures. Cat fans often engage in a "Caturday" pastime (which originated on 4chan) of posting cat pictures on social media on Saturdays. There are numerous websites devoted to cats, such as The Catnip Times{{cite web |work=The Catnip Times |url= https://www.thecatniptimes.com/ |title=Home |access-date=November 24, 2023}} and The Purrington Post. {{cite web |work=The Purrington Post |url= https://www.thepurringtonpost.com/ |title=Home |access-date=November 24, 2023}} There are many online cat-themed games, such as Cat-Opoly which is based on the board game Monopoly; players buy cats instead of properties.Bustle, April 12, 2018 - [https://www.bustle.com/p/cat-opoly-a-cat-themed-monopoly-game-is-so-adorable-that-you-might-not-be-able-to-finish-the-game-8755095 "Cat-Opoly, a Cat-themed Monopoly Game, Is So Adorable That You Might Not Be Able to Finish the Game"] by Megan GrantMetro, December 18, 2015 - [https://metro.co.uk/2015/12/18/cat-opoly-is-like-monopoly-but-better-because-you-buy-cats-instead-of-houses-5573161/ "Cat-Opoly is like Monopoly, but better because you buy cats instead of houses"], by Francesca KentishOK!, January 2, 2018 - [https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-feature/1265299/cat-monopoly-is-now-a-thing-and-its-the-perfect-board-game-for-animal-lovers "Cat Monopoly is now a thing – and it's the perfect board game for animal lovers}] by Miranda Knox
See also
- {{annotated link|Animal fancy}}
- {{annotated link|Cat lady}}
- {{annotated link|Cats in ancient Egypt}}
- {{annotated link|Human interaction with cats}}
- {{annotated link|Kedi (2016 film)|Kedi (2016 film)}}
- {{section link|List of pet magazines#Cats}}
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