Research look (10/10)

Unfortunately, the 19th century marks a further decline in the attitude towards the cat. It is paradoxical that the reason for this was the scientific discoveries of the world-famous French physician microbiologist Louis Pasteur. By discovering the causative agents of the diseases, he inspired human horror at anything that might be a carrier of microbes. So domestic animals, and especially the cat, became the first “victims” of sterility and pasteurization. In the defense society, they refused to touch an animal at all, even with horses climbing with gloves.

In the twentieth century, the love and affection of the cats return to the cat again. From a useful animal that was considered to be the mid-century primarily a hunter of harmful rodents, the cat becomes one of the close friends of man and a favorite creature in the home.

All photos were taken personally by me during my visit to Bulgaria in November 2017

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