There are tons of stories of cats saving their owner's lives. There was that viral video of a cat chasing off a dog that was attacking a child. The cat attacking an alligator.
Actually not that many. As a point, the cat attacking the alligator is falsified--there were several adults around, the child was not in any harm, and the cat was being a cat:
Defending its perceived territory, not saving someone from harm.
I will concede though that cats do occasionally save people and cats can be social animals. Just not the same way as dogs, where a dog shows nonstop, everlasting love & loyalty to me.
The story about the cat preventing a robbery.
... ? [Citation needed] (I tried searching for it and all I got were uncited stories on cat lover sites that look like they were made in the 90's.)
Plus cats (and several other kinds of animals too) can save lives by just being there. Ever heard of moral support?
I... Not even remotely the same as
dog saving my life twice by keeping physical threats at bay, but, sure... Yeah... Not what I was arguing against, at all.
I didn't say "cats are worthless pets", I mean I even recommend a cat over a dog if you live in an apartment. I just prefer dogs over cats because their behaviour is reflective of something that
loves me, unconditionally, absolutely. I'm part of a dog's family. A cat just sort of tolerates you and if you feed it then it'll purr and curl up with you.
If it makes you feel better, yes, I've seen cats do weirdly caring shit. When my mother was pregnant with my younger brother, a cat we owned would bring over deceased mice to her bed, offering her food it seemed.
Dunno why, it just did. Cats can be caring creatures, just, not in the same way as dogs.
Glad that's clarified. After all, between cats and dogs,
ferrets are obviously the master race.