Laura Kay of Ontario, Canada, bought her cat Dexter from a breeder — and today he weighs 24.3 pounds — roughly the size of an adult male bobcat. He can only play with dog toys and eat dog treats.

Sixty percent of the black-footed cat's hunts are successful, making it the wild feline with the best kill rate. Rawr! Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Plenty of wild cats are just as small and cuddly-looking as our domesticated house cat friends; sometimes even smaller (though make no mistake—they're no less ferocious than their older cousins).