Cyprus, the island of cats, has a major cat problem as feral felines outnumber people

Cyprus, the island of cats, has a major cat problem as feral felines outnumber people


The island of cats has a cat problem.

Officials in Cyprus, a small island nation in the eastern corner of the Mediterranean, estimate there is roughly one feral cat for every one of its 1 million inhabitants, though activists contend the actual population is hundreds of thousands higher.

In late September, the island’s parliamentary committee on the environment was told that an existing sterilisation programme was not enough to contain the burgeoning cat population.



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