Istanbul - City of Cats

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From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_cats_in_Istanbul

The Turkish city of Istanbul hosts a sizeable feral cat (Turkish: sokak kedisi, "street cat" ) population, with estimates ranging from a hundred thousand to over a million stray cats. Many Turkish citizens view street animals as communally owned pets rather than traditional strays, and the country has a blanket no-kill, no-capture policy.[1]

[niyad]

1. Lady Bast approves!!!

[Amaryllis]

2. THe documentary Kedi is about this.

[Ocelot II]

3. I love Kedi! Got the DVD.

[SupportSanity]

6. Kedi is a great movie

I borrowed the Kedi DVD from the library which has a great international collection

[XanaDUer2]

7. Me too!

[Deep State Witch]

4. That's Because They Don't Believe in TNR

Feral cats may be cute, but they make more kittens. They need to start spaying and neutering them. I mean, they can get them into a carrier, they can get them to the vet to get snipped and ear-tipped, then released back into their colony.

[TexasBushwhacker]

5. I wonder what their rodent population is like

compared to other urban areas.

Also, I love cats, but all those ferals can't be good for the bird population.