Japanese like Scottish Fold cats and keep them inside

Japanese robotic cat manga

There appear to be two outstanding aspects of cat ownership in Japan; they overwhelmingly like the Scottish Fold cat breed and 99.5% of domestic cats in that country are full-time indoor cats. The information is interesting and it comes from Anicom Insurance. You have to ask yourself why the Scottish Fold is so popular. …

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Japanese study of TNR feral cat colony tells us that cat food is their main food supply

Japanese feral cat with large rat in his mouth

This study came to the conclusion that TNR volunteers managing a feral cat colony on Tokunoshima Island might cause what the scientists call ‘hyper-predation’ of local native species. What they mean is that the cats are helped by people feeding them. They think that by feeding the cats there is more predation of native …

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Japanese travelling cats. Good photographs, good videos and good harnesses

In these charming videos and photographs of a couple of celebrity travelling tabby cats in Japan, we see them walking on a leash very effectively. I have noticed that the harness for the lead does not hug or press against the body. The harness goes around the neck and under the front leg armpits. …

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Famed Japanese ‘Cat Island’ cats are being poisoned

Ao Island cats a tourist attraction

The population of the internationally known cats on ‘Cat Island’ which is actually Ao Island (Aoshima), has declined sharply of late from 90 individuals in 2014 to around 30 today, I am told by The Telegraph newspaper. It is believed that they have been poisoned. Witnesses state that they they have seen fish at …

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