Cat

Cats were a species of small predatory carnivorous animals that were valued by humans before the Great War for their companionship and ability to hunt vermin, snakes, scorpions, and other unwanted household pests.

After the Great War, many cats in what used to be the United States were hunted for food because they were an easy prey until no domestic specimens were left.

Some cats were possibly thrown into the FEV vats by the Master in Mariposa and the Vault-Tec scientists in Vault 87, together with humans, dogs and other animals. The misshapen centaurs are the result of this mix.

Known cats

 * Stacy, a resident of the Den in 2241, used to have a cat called Cuddles as a child that was killed for food.


 * Rumor is that the last known living cat in America, Mr. Pussy, died in Carbon, Texas. Ruby the prostitute wanted to find him when he got lost, and asked the Initiate to help. He/she discovered the cat's corpse in the Carbon Crater and brought it back to Ruby.

Other
According to Fallout Warfare's Main PDF file, the entry for dogs states that "10,000+ years of domestication couldn't be changed by one little Nuclear war. It's the cats that are really pissed off."

Cats are only referenced twice in Fallout 3. One is by Moira Brown, after the radiation part of "The Wasteland Survival Guide."...Think of it as my little way of saying, ' I'm sorry for twisting your DNA like a kitten with a ball of yarn.'"

Very rarely, an NPC in Megaton will say something like 'I thought I saw a small furry thing that looked like a dog the other day....', hinting that some cats have actually surivived in the wastelands.

Related quests

 * Listen to Stacy's kitty story