Very often we hear about dog breed deformities and how humans bred them into agonizing lives,What about cats? Do some cat breeds have similar problems?Any other domesticated farm animals who have changed significantly in the last 80 years?
>>5148827Flat faced, short legged, hairless, folded ear (cartilage defect) cats exist, I think that’s about it. Siamese cats and their weird pigment gene is benign and harmless. Pedigree bred cats are way rarer than dog breeds. And even then 80% of the time if you have a purebred cat then it’s a ragdoll.
>>5148827Dogs became useful for a lot of jobs which encouraged breeding for traits. Cats self domesticated and all anyone really wanted them to do was be cats and cat breeding is relatively a new thing.
>>5148827Pretty sure you can find plenty of SMASHED and SLAMMED cats.
Some variants of the Persian cats have been bred for the same features as pug dogs with similar health complications:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_cat#Health
