They were everywhere. Cool cats perched on top of backpacks, curled around shoulders, dozed in arms, or slumbered in strollers and prams as their besotted owners carted them through the huge exhibition halls at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre here. Cats in vendor booths loafed and purred, accepting scritches and pets from visitors at the Cat Expo 2025, held in October. And in the halls and hallways of the expo, the furkids – what many pet owners call their pets – outnumbered the children who accompanied their parents.