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The last paragraph sums it up: > The population, which was around 900 after World War II, dropped to 13 in 2017. At the same time, the number of cats was in th
by o11c 2y ago
The last paragraph sums it up:
> The population, which was around 900 after World War II, dropped to 13 in 2017. At the same time, the number of cats was in the hundreds. Aging residents felt there were too many of them and not enough people to look after them. The Aoshima Cat Protection Society, therefore, recommended that every cat on the island be spayed or neutered in order to gradually reduce the population. The sterilizations took place in 2018.
- tomrod 2y agoSpaying/neutering every cat results in _all_ the population not making it more than a generation out, right?
- ajsnigrutin 2y agoIf you actually catch and spay every one of them. But i'm sure they'd notice the kittens and sterilize them too.
- elzbardico 2y agoThe unique context of being an island with only a single ferry transport made this possible.