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Thus the domestic cat is not so much a true domesticate, one might say, as it is what Juliet Clutton Brock categorises as an ‘exploited captive,’ a group that includes reindeer, yaks, camels, and ilamas along with cats. Clutton Brock isn’t wholly comfortable putting cats in the same category as yaks or camels or with true domesticates like dogs. They really fit in both categories, she says, and might better be called ‘exploiting captives.’

“Exploiting captive”