WE’RE ALL PART OF THE PACK. There are hundreds of millions of cats and dogs on the planet. They have been part of human communities around the world for thousands of years.

PACK PACTOver the centuries, we’ve established a DEAL

with cats and dogs. If we’re good caretakers to them, they will give us so much in return!

NOSE KNOWSBODY TALKCats and dogs don’t just communicate with

meows and barks. They use their whole bodies.

WORKING together

Humans have partnered with these

four-legged coworkers in many ways.

CATS BY THE NUMBERS

JUST A FEW OF THE THINGS WE WOULD MISS

How do you think life would be different without cats and dogs?

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CATS, DOGS & USCATS, DOGS & US

Number of muscles cats use to control

the outer ear (humans have 6)

Distance a cat can leap (that’s like a

human leaping the length of a bus)

ITS BODY LENGTH

DOGS CATS

Love times

A dog’s sense of smell is

more powerful than ours.

One sniff can tell a dog almost all she needs to know about another dog:

• Boy or girl dog

• Age

• Mood

• Health

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DOGS CATS

Sense of Community

Laughter

FUN!Help

Protection

Protect crops

Hunt rodents

Provide friendship

Serve

Herd livestock

Rescue humans

FOOD AND WATER

HOME

FRIENDSHIPPLAYTIME

VET CARELOYALTY

LAUGHTER

COMPANIONSHIP

WORK

HELP

Let’s play!

Back off!

I’m nervous.

I like you.

Let’s play!

Back off!

I’m nervous.

I like you.

TOP SPEEDSHow fast can cats and dogs run compared to us?

Don’t blink or you’ll miss them!

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OUR SHARED HISTORYThese extraordinary animals have been with us for a long time.

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12,000 – 15,000 YEARS AGOHungry wolves

approach human habitats and become

domesticated over time.

ABOUT 2,000 YEARS AGO

Dogs first appear in literature in Marcus

Terentius Varro’s De Re Rustica.

AROUND1918

First guide-dog training schools

are established in Germany.

AROUND 20 MILLION YEARS AGO

First members of the modern cat family appear.

AROUND 6,000 YEARS AGO

Wildcats approach Egyptian farms—with their large

rodent populations—and domestication there begins.

1981Cats, one of the most successful

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