Cats have been mingling with human life since at least 6,000 BC, from a cat's skeleton on the island of Cyprus. Ancient Egyptians from 3,500 BC have used cats to keep rats or other rodents away from barns that store crops.
Today, cats are one of the most popular pets in the world. Cats whose lineage is officially registered as pheasant or pure breeds, such as persia, siam, manx, and sphinx. Cats like this are usually bred in official animal care. The number of race cats is only 1% of all cats in the world, the rest are cats with mixed breeds such as wild cats or cats.