Israel howling over proposal to deport street cats [View all]

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On a quiet Friday evening, as the city settles down for Sabbath, the soundtrack of Jerusalem combines Jewish song and clattering dinner plates with Muslim calls to prayer -- often accompanied by the unholy racket of the city’s enormous population of wild cats going for it.

Peek into the dumpsters? Chances are there’s a cat enjoying some fine dining. Muslim, Christian or Jew? The cats don’t care. They’re in every neighborhood.

So there’s a problem with street cats. (Though this correspondent will attest, it is rare to see a rat).

Israel’s agricultural minister Uri Ariel proposed a solution.

The cats could be deported, he suggested.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/11/02/israel-howling-over-proposal-to-deport-street-cats/