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Welcome to cat island! Felines outnumber humans by six to one on Japanese island after [tr
UK Daily Mail ^
| April 13, 2016
| Harvey Day
Posted on 04/13/2016 6:00:33 AM PDT by C19fan
WITH no shops, cars, restaurants or kiosks selling snacks, Aoshima is not the ideal hotspot for tourists. But cat lovers are not complaining. Aoshima Island is one of about a dozen 'cat islands' around Japan - small places where there are significantly more feline residents than people.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Travel
KEYWORDS: cats; japan
Kawaii!
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posted on
04/13/2016 6:00:33 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
And no rats nor mice nor indigenous birds.
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posted on
04/13/2016 6:12:57 AM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: C19fan
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posted on
04/13/2016 6:13:14 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: C19fan
Or Maui. Maui has a feral cat population.
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posted on
04/13/2016 6:14:48 AM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: dhs12345
What the islands need is a few Burmese Pythons. I understand they’re available in Florida.
TC
To: C19fan
“Kawaii!”
Had to look that up. I thought you meant Kauai. Last time I was there it was overrun with chickens!
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posted on
04/13/2016 6:41:14 AM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Socialists are just communists in their larval stage.)
To: Pentagon Leatherneck
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posted on
04/13/2016 7:06:13 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: C19fan
Crazy cat lady heaven.
Seems odd but nature would take its course and once they would run out of food the population would decline. What’s feeding all these felines? (besides the residents and tourists?)
To: C19fan
My worst nightmare!! I’d be dead within an hour.
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posted on
04/13/2016 7:11:03 AM PDT
by
LivingNet
To: LivingNet
It’s nothing to sneeze at...
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posted on
04/13/2016 7:21:24 AM PDT
by
null and void
("when authority began inspiring contempt, it had stopped being authority" ~ H. Beam Piper)
To: null and void
They are just clawing their way up the food chain.
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posted on
04/13/2016 7:24:03 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: C19fan
Finally figured out why I hate cats as I observed my
daughters male tabby at the bottom of my bed,
Licking his own testicles
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posted on
04/13/2016 7:27:51 AM PDT
by
late bloomer
( Neglegere homo pone aulaeum. semi-retired warlord)
To: C19fan
I thought the article might be about Harajuku. I’ll go take a look on Friday.
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posted on
04/13/2016 7:28:20 AM PDT
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: CrazyIvan
I thought about catching some and grilling them but did not know if the locals would approve. Also I did not know how hard they were to catch but they seemed pretty tame.
To: Pentagon Leatherneck
It’s getting very close to rat snake season. I go out every year and round some up at Tamagawa and Nogawa. They make great pets.
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posted on
04/13/2016 7:29:44 AM PDT
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: tet68
I’ve been a cat fancier ever since I read
“Hairballs of the Gods”.
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posted on
04/13/2016 7:32:41 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: dhs12345
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posted on
04/13/2016 7:32:47 AM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: No_More_Harkin
Crazy cat lady heaven. Seems odd but nature would take its course and once they would run out of food the population would decline. What’s feeding all these felines? (besides the residents and tourists?)Cannibalism?
To: longfellow
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posted on
04/13/2016 2:47:17 PM PDT
by
dhs12345
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