Why Does Jerusalem Have So Many Stray Cats?
Channel: Daniel Rosehill
Date: 2023-12-15

Israel and Jerusalem have an unusually high number of stray cats. According to popular legend the cats were brought to Israel as a crude form of pest prevention - helping to suppress a rat epidemic at the time of the British Mandate. Since then their population has mushroomed leading to debates about what to do about their numbers. Spaying and neutering programs have been instituted but opposed by some religious groups. For now Jerusalem remains a mixed city: of Jews, Muslims, Christians and

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By: Daniel Rosehill 

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