i love dogs and cats.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A pet or companion animal is an animal kept primarily for a person's company, protection, or entertainment rather than as a working animal, livestock, or laboratory animal. Popular pets are often noted for their attractive appearances and their loyal or playful personalities. Pets provide their owners (or guardians) both physical and emotional benefits. Walking a dog can supply both the human and pet with exercise, fresh air, and social interaction. Pets can give companionship to elderly adults who do not have adequate social interaction with other people, as well as to other people who are living alone. There is a medically approved class of therapy animals, mostly dogs or cats, that are brought to visit confined humans, such as children in hospitals or elders in nursing homes. Pet therapy utilizes trained animals and handlers to achieve specific physical, social, cognitive, and emotional goals with patients. Some of the most popular pets are likely dogs and cats; other animals commonly kept may include (but are not limited to) pigs, ferrets, and rabbits; rodents such as gerbils, hamsters, chinchillas, rats, and guinea pigs; avian pets, such as parrots, passerines, and fowl; reptile pets, such as turtles, lizards and snakes; aquatic pets, such as fish, freshwater and saltwater snails, and frogs; arthropod pets, such as tarantulas and hermit crabs.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I have had 8 pets my whole life, so I have a lot of experience with animals, Do you have any pets? "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I do!  I have a bunch of rescue cats!  They take care of all the rats and mice outside!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I have 4 cats, I got them for some companionship and for their ability to hunt the nasty vermin in my home. They are great mouse catchers"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yup, that is exactly why I have them.  They were actually feral cats that I started feeding!  I think feral means wild, right?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes well a feral cat is just a cat that lives outdoors and has had next to no human contact."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh, so not necessarily wild.  Are there any wild cats or are they all domesticated for the most part?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well There are more than 70 cat breeds recognized by various cat registries and I believe there is a good majority that are still feral and wild. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Interesting.  I suppose you wouldn't want to approach any of the wild ones though.  Are cats found worldwide?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yea they are often called house cats in certain parts of the world too, In some places they kept as indoor pets or simply cats when there is no need to distinguish them from other fields and felines. But yea they are all over the world! "}, {"role": "user", "content": "When were cats domesticated originally?"}]