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Posted on 10/14/2025 12:16:12 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
The island of cats has a cat problem.
Officials in Cyprus, the small island nation in the eastern corner of the Mediterranean, estimate there is roughly one feral cat for every one of its 1 million inhabitants — though activists contend the actual population is hundreds of thousands higher.
In late September, the island’s parliamentary committee on the environment was told that an existing sterilization program is too limited to contain the burgeoning cat population.
“It’s a good program, but it needs to expand,” said Environment Commissioner Antonia Theodosiou, noting that the program conducts only about 2,000 sterilizations annually on a budget of just 100,000 euros ($117,000).
While there is no official comparative data, Theodosiou said Cyprus has gained a reputation for having a cat population that is exceptionally large relative to its human inhabitants.
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Epaminondas, the Veterinary Association president, said Cyprus’ cat population can be brought under control in as few as four years. This would be possible, he said, if authorities cobble together a unified sterilization plan that would put private clinics at the forefront of the effort by offering free-of-charge neutering without all the red tape that complicates the process.
“People will be more motivated to get cats neutered if we make it easier for them to do so,” he said.
His association has proposed a plan that would identify major cat concentration centers where authorities can round them up and take them for sterilization at designated vets. The initiative includes the creation of a smartphone application that would allow anyone to help authorities locate such large cat concentrations.
Cats are probably already motivated to get people neutered.
Sorry to say, but sterilization probably isn’t enough
Maybe open a few new Chinese restaurants and see if it makes a dent in the population?
They’ll probably have to import coyotes.
Cyprus has a man shortage?
How’s the rodent situation?
I would say send some American males over there; experienced at seeking pussy.
But that would be in poor taste.
P.S. Word is okay since Honor Blackman in Goldfinger.
And then Diamonds Are Forever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMxe16J2M-w
u r funny.
Import Haitians.
My area has a robust feral spay/neuter program, as well as lots of coyotes. We still have a huge feral cat problem. It’s hard to stop Mother Nature.
Beautiful calicos in that pic, though.
They have nice colors/patterns; and a monastery:
https://saycyprus.com/holy-monastery-of-st-nicholas-of-the-cats/
I’ve never understood why science can’t invent a birth control for cats and dogs that could be distributed in the woods or alleys wherever ferals are a problem.
Yeah that’s the ticket
How would you dose them?
They need to focus on the females. One male can handle 50 females. At least that is what my male cat says.
It would be interesting to know their mouse, rat, and snake populations.
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