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The Ancient Egyptians were the first to keep and use cats to control vermin and other pests to protect stores of food. In ancient Egypt, the cat was revered as a hunter and worshiped as gods and goddesses. The ancient Egyptians imposed the death penalty for killing cats and cats were also mummified before being buried.

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