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"The population, which was around 900 [people] after World War II, dropped to 13 in 2017. At the same time, the number of cats was in the hundreds. Aging reside
by _aavaa_ 2y ago
"The population, which was around 900 [people] 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."
I don't think I've read anything in a long time that's made me this melancholic.
- itisit 2y ago[flagged]
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- noah_buddy 2y agoWhy does it make you feel that way?
- rf15 2y agoBecause not everyone lives in a city, but the dynamics of our economy makes living outside of them more and more inhospitable.
- Suzuran 2y agoAll things are transient; All things will end. At least this isn't ending with the island being abandoned by humans and the cats trained to depend on them being abandoned to starve.
- npteljes 2y agoJapan has a lot of stories like that. The urbanization is crazy, with literal half-empty towns, and people's homes left behind in the countryside. In case you are open to English narration, the creator behind the Abroad in Japan channel specifically likes to visit places like this, and explain some of the social and cultural context behind them: https://www.youtube.com/@AbroadinJapan/search?query=abandoned https://www.youtube.com/@AbroadinJapan/search?query=abandone...