THE SECRET LIFE OF CAT OWNERS. Bruce Fogle

Cats may be an enigma to us, but we are also a mystery to them. They might want to know why, for instance, we keep them in the house, feed them strange foods, scold them for scratching the furniture, and reject their proud offerings of freshly killed birds and an mice. Veterinarian Bruce Fogle, who is an expert in cat and cat-owner behavior, explains in this question-and-answer guide why cat owners do what they do, why cats react in the way they do, and how humans and felines can better understand each other. He also looks at why we are so content to live with the world's most efficient small land predator, revealing the reasons to be more complicated and more interesting than we might imagine.