What Is a Feral Cat
A feral cat is a domestic cat that has had minimal human contact and lacks socialization, making it unable and unwilling to live as a pet.
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What Is a Shelter Cat
A shelter cat is a domestic feline that has been surrendered to, abandoned at, or born in an animal shelter or rescue organization rather than coming...
What Is a Rescue Cat
A rescue cat is a feline adopted from an animal shelter or rescue organization that has been neglected, abused, abandoned, homeless, or at risk of...
What Is a Alley Cat
An alley cat is a free-roaming domestic cat that lives outdoors, typically unsocialized or only partially socialized to human contact.
What Is a Domestic Long Hair Cat
A Domestic Longhair is not a specific breed, but rather a classification for any cat with long fur that results from non-selective breeding and mixed...
What Is a Domestic Short Hair Cat
A domestic short hair cat is not a breed at all, but rather a mixed-ancestry cat with a varied genetic background—similar to a "mutt" in the dog world.
What Is a Lynx Hybrid Cat
A lynx hybrid cat is a domestic cat that has been selectively bred with wild lynx genetics to create a new breed that combines the wild appearance and...
What Is a Caracal Hybrid Cat
A caracal hybrid cat is a cross between a caracal (a wild African and Asian lynx-like cat) and a domestic cat, resulting in an animal that retains some...
What Is a Serval Hybrid Cat
A serval hybrid cat is a domestic cat that has been bred with an African serval, a medium-sized wild feline from the African savanna.
What Is a Jungle Cat Hybrid
A jungle cat hybrid is a domestic cat cross-bred with an Asian Leopard Cat (Felis bengalensis), typically in later generations of the Bengal breed line.