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highplainsdem

(49,188 posts) Sun May 12, 2024, 05:25 PM May 12

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]

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Istanbul - City of Cats (Original Post) highplainsdem May 12 OP

Lady Bast approves!!! niyad May 12 #1

THe documentary Kedi is about this. Amaryllis May 12 #2

I love Kedi! Got the DVD. Ocelot II May 12 #3

Kedi is a great movie SupportSanity May 13 #6

Me too! XanaDUer2 May 13 #7

That's Because They Don't Believe in TNR Deep State Witch May 12 #4

I wonder what their rodent population is like TexasBushwhacker May 12 #5

niyad

(114,217 posts)

1. Lady Bast approves!!!

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun May 12, 2024, 05:34 PM

May 12

Amaryllis

(9,527 posts)

2. THe documentary Kedi is about this.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun May 12, 2024, 05:49 PM

May 12

Ocelot II

(116,137 posts)

3. I love Kedi! Got the DVD.

Reply to Amaryllis (Reply #2)

Sun May 12, 2024, 06:04 PM

May 12

SupportSanity

(265 posts)

6. Kedi is a great movie

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #3)

Mon May 13, 2024, 06:43 AM

May 13

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

XanaDUer2

(10,973 posts)

7. Me too!

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #3)

Mon May 13, 2024, 01:44 PM

May 13

Deep State Witch

(10,496 posts)

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

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun May 12, 2024, 08:29 PM

May 12

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

(20,266 posts)

5. I wonder what their rodent population is like

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun May 12, 2024, 08:39 PM

May 12

compared to other urban areas.

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

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