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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Menelaos Hadjicostis

The island of cats has a cat problem. Change might be on the way

Cats are seen at a park in Lakatamia area, of capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Cyprus, the small island nation in the eastern Mediterranean, is facing a severe feral cat problem, with officials estimating roughly one feline for every one of its million inhabitants.

Activists, however, contend the actual population is hundreds of thousands higher. The island’s parliamentary committee on the environment heard in late September that the existing sterilisation programme is too limited to contain the burgeoning numbers.

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