Why give a cat a name?

Peter Rhodes writes: It is reported by an animal charity that food names (Saffron, Sushi and Jellybean) are replacing old favourites such as Tiddles and Thomas as names for cats.

Listen, I will say this only once.

In the millions of years that Homo sapiens and Felis catus have shared this planet, no-one has discovered a more pointless or unrewarding activity than giving a cat a name.