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Some cat owners would feed their cats food scraps and meat leftovers that humans wouldn’t consume, but still, they were largely dependent on their hunting skills.
Before feline domestication, cats hunted small animals like birds and rodents, and they were given food scraps and kept humans free of pests.
The first commercial pet food was sold in 1860 by American Entrepreneur James Spratt; the change in how cats were viewed began to shift way before that.