"Cat island" in western Japan

"Cat island" in western Japan

Photo taken June 14, 2016, shows the sunset on Ogijima, one of Japan's "cat islands," in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture. The approximately 200 feline inhabitants on the just under 1.5 square kilometer island outnumber humans living there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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