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RKP5637

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9. Yep!!!
Fri Oct 6, 2017, 11:43 AM
Oct 2017

"Aoshima Island is one of about a dozen "cat islands" around Japan, small places where there are significantly more feline residents than people. In Aoshima more than a hundred cats prowl the island, curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in the quiet fishing village. Cats outnumber humans six to one on the island."

I love cats but .... [View all] packman Oct 2017 OP
Looks like a limited gene pool Sanity Claws Oct 2017 #1
I noticed that, too. TeapotInATempest Oct 2017 #4
Yep!!! RKP5637 Oct 2017 #9
Tabby is the default cat pattern. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2017 #14
That cat Island Blue Oct 2017 #28
Those markings seem definitely like what... moriah Oct 2017 #32
Reminds me of a Laurel Burch painting: femmocrat Oct 2017 #2
Looks like my house when I open a can! TeapotInATempest Oct 2017 #3
LOL RKP5637 Oct 2017 #7
Back the cat food truck up. democratisphere Oct 2017 #5
They need MFM008 Oct 2017 #6
No, they need a spay/neuter, and adoption program. nt procon Oct 2017 #12
YES! n/t TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #22
Apparently they voted the dog off the island. Throck Oct 2017 #8
Gingers & Tabbies rule there. irisblue Oct 2017 #10
Is there any spay/neuter program to help improve the lives of the cats in the feral colony? nt procon Oct 2017 #11
and they get along! KT2000 Oct 2017 #13
Obviously they get along very well The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2017 #15
You mean - KT2000 Oct 2017 #17
Three is a bad number Danmel Oct 2017 #26
actually - it is one inside cat KT2000 Oct 2017 #30
Do they provide veterinary care? Doreen Oct 2017 #16
Is this where Wanda Gag got her inspiration for "Millions of Cats?" geardaddy Oct 2017 #18
There's one with some sort of collar on Yavin4 Oct 2017 #19
He's the town snitch. geardaddy Oct 2017 #20
Cats cause Global Warming... First Speaker Oct 2017 #21
Not much coat diversity. Laffy Kat Oct 2017 #23
They are not all neutered. LisaL Oct 2017 #24
That can't be healthy, although they look pretty good. nt Laffy Kat Oct 2017 #27
The one bum I saw clearly was not neutered. n/t Ms. Toad Oct 2017 #31
Every day I inform my cat that "nobody likes cats." Having a brain the size of a walnut, she... NNadir Oct 2017 #25
The calico in the middle Island Blue Oct 2017 #29
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