In Egypt: Under no conditions, under threat of death could anyone kill a cat. People were exceuted for even killing a cat accidentally. And when a cat died, the whole family, and probably their closest friends, went into mourning, the measure of their personal loss signalled by their shaving off their eyebrows. Roger A. Caras
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The Egyptians were so fond of cats that they didn't even go around to kill them. In fact, there was a law in Egypt that said that if someone killed a cat unknowingly, then he had to shave his eyebrows. The penalty for killing a cat was death. These people were crazy about cats. The Egyptians believed that cats brought good luck and if one died, the whole family went into mourning for at least a week.

Source: A Celebration Of Cats

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