World’s northernmost town forbids domestic cats and the reason will surprise you

Domestic cats are banned in the northernmost town of Longyearbyen on the Archipelago of Svalbard.

Longyearbyen (“The Longyear Town”) is the world’s northernmost settlement with a population greater than 1,000. It is the largest inhabited area of Svalbard, Norway and is named after the American John Munro Longyear. It’s a community on Svalbard which is a Norwegian Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Almost everyone living in Longyearbyen has come …

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New Zealand is banning cats from new communities. Thin end of the wedge?

Cats banned from new housing developments in New Zealand

The New Zealand website stuff.co.nz quite often publishes articles about cats and they are all negative. The basic MO is to get rid of them because their native species are being gobbled up by the evil devils. I get it but it is a bit OTT to an outsider. The Kiwis and Aussies are …

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