Lots of people not only love cats, but even devote them the whole life. For instance, cardinal Richelieu who was the leading character in Duma’s “The Three Musketeers”, had 12 cats in his palace, and all the pets lived in his rooms. Obviously the cardinal tended to love cats more than people.

Ernest Hemingway also had tender affection to cats: the author had no less than 150 felines! The greatest chess player in the world – Alexander Alekhine believed the cat was his talisman: The prettiest cat, named, certainly, "Chess", accompanied Alexander Alekhine in the different chess events of 1930s. Chess was a very important person in Alekhine's "team".

Rudyard Kipling considered cats to be the wildest domestic animal ever. He called them the most independent pets, and this independence could show up even in small things. Thus, cat can follow you with her eyes for a long time, but once you turn to her, she acts like you mean nothing at all. Crafty creatures!

                                              Ernest Hemingway with his two sons, and his cats, in Cuba.