Even better, the neighbour across the street heard, and told the cats personally how clever they were. There was no doubt about the message: a cat’s got to do what a cat’s got to do. His findings were that cats raised with mums who kill rats will grow up to be rat-killers. Cats who are raised with rats as friends, will treat them nicely as they grow up. To be certain, Kuo used white rats, grey rats, various kinds of mice, and he also put them in with hungry cats and kittens, and cats and kittens who had already eaten.
Source: The Star February 21, 2021 03:56 UTC