Are there really such things as “dog people” and “cat people”? According to a poll conducted by the Associated Press and a website that specializes in pet information, yes, and the dog lovers outnumber the cat fans nearly 2 to 1. Not only are there species-specific people, their preference for one or the other is quite clear, and runs fairly deep. Unfortunately for the felines, people find it easier to dislike them, with 15 percent of adults who responded in the poll saying that they weren’t at all fond of cats, a response that was more than 7 times higher than those who could do without dogs, only 2 percent of those questioned.