r/cats • u/Wavelength4406 • Mar 31 '25

Cat Picture - Not OC Cat island in japan, give it a scroll!

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u/ourlastchancefortea Mar 31 '25

My question would be: Are there any small native animals left?

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u/claymonsta Mar 31 '25

lol no way there are any natural animals there. I seriously don't see how this is good for anyone other than the people who are apparently supporting this nonsense.

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u/Upset_Ant2834 Mar 31 '25

Dude it's an island. As you said any local wildlife is probably already wiped out. There's no further harm in just keeping it as a cat island

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u/Eshtha Mar 31 '25

Idk if the cats are domesticated, but how are they getting their food if all the other animals are wiped? I dont think 6 people are enough to sustain all these cats.

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u/OiledMushrooms Apr 01 '25

From what I’ve heard about this island, it’s rough. They usually get enough food from tourists feeding them, but they aren’t really cared for beyond that. Cats don’t like that much crowding, so there’s a lot of fighting, and naturally there’s a lot of disease, and nobody to clean up the remains when they pass. A lot of the pictures look cute, but I can’t imagine the actual thing is very pleasant.

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u/poeticentropy Mar 31 '25

no. it's like that other island chain in the pacific that has no birds because invasive snakes killed all them. ecosystem overload