"Cat island" in western Japan

"Cat island" in western Japan

A cat is held in a cage ahead of it undergoing sterilization surgery on June 1, 2016, on Ogijima, one of Japan's "cat islands," in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture. A domestic animal welfare fund sent vets to the island to perform sterilization procedures on 117 cats out of the around 200 living there, a move aimed at reducing the number culled. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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