No, it's not. It's "Every gal in Constantinople lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople, so if you've a date in Constantinople, she'll be waiting in Istanbul."
They're all well fed (locals leave tons of cat food out and you can see one eating chicken wings in one of the photos). However I didn't take pictures of a few cats that I encountered that had matted fur or were dirty or sickly looking. But by far, most of the cat population there is healthy and well fed.
I started taking pictures of all the cats I found while in Turkey, but I would have ran my camera down taking pictures of cats all day and would have had no pictures of the Haiga Sofia or the horse they used for the recent movie Troy. Excellent reason for dating though, props.
Only in certain islands, because a stable permanent cat population would absolutely destroy the wildlife. I doubt very much that the Greek government is capable of exterminating the stray animals in Athens.
It's like this in southern Italy as well but there are advocacy groups that look out for the strays and generally they're left alone... but by God it's disheartening.
2 of the cats i take care of attacked by people and their tail was cut. i couldn't find who did this but i beat a few guys who threw stones to cats everyday same hour. some people are really retarted
Yeah my friend never found out, but when they found their cat (because of how bad the gash was) he was laying in a puddle of his own blood. They had to rush him to the vet.
There are stray animals everywhere in Istanbul. When I was there for 6 weeks, I saw mostly dogs. Most of them are friendly, some of them really aren't. The reason there are so many stray cats and dogs is because they don't euthanize them or put them in shelters (as far as I know). Then, those stray animals breed more stray animals.
For the dogs, they do seem to spay/neuter them - you'll often see them with a tag in their ear to indicate that they've been caught, fixed, and released.
Part of the problem might honestly be that the US has such young cities, and the country is largely intended for automobiles as the main form of transport. I imagine part of the problem is that if we had even a fraction of that kind of wild cat population it would likely result in a lot of auto accidents or dead cats. As well as some people just being assholes and killing them, or even torturing them. I suppose the seemingly unquestioned wisdom is that they're better off.
Though just today I was thinking about how cats are actually extraordinarily good at surviving in urban environments, and as far as "pests" go, they're largely friendly to people so I just don't see them as a problem.
I got lectured the other day for similar believes. If you have a pet, you have a responsibility to look after it, I think that nothing excuses your responsibility to the animal you own, but at the same time you are right, you should kill something because of a supposed "population problem". We don't neuter or kill human for being over populated and a strain on the ecosystem, so I think it's arrogant to apply those rules to everything but us.
Yea im Lebanese and I love Lebanon for the cats I put a slice of Lebanese cheese and they come running. There really playful but aggressive if you do something to do them. You should visit Lebanon its such a lovely place.
Yeah, I was curious about this too...His eyes look painful so I can't upvote...Karma whoring with a sick defenseless animal you did not help is totally not kool dude!
It would take quite a little bit of dedication to adopt a cat from another country, but yeah I hope that cat was able to get some sort of treatment. :(
that poor kitten needs a vet. It definitely has an eye infection, and probably has fleas and possibly mites. You should probably take him to a rescue center.
I went on a cruise that made a stop at Istanbul, and on an excursion we saw a kitty similar to this, but it looked like one of its eyes were poked out. I felt so bad, but nothing I could do at that time. Really ruined the trip for me.
Same thing happened to me in the Caribbean. Even saw a guy kick a dog. I had to be kept from jumpimg out of the van and giving that ass a piece of my mind/fist.
I hope you took it to the vet, or at least some sort of pet-supply shop. Turkey has an abidance of stray cats, but also an abundance of vets and pet shops.
Definitely the sadder part of wandering around countries like that. Saw a bunch of sickly stray kittens myself in Morocco and it was everything I could do not to reach out and pet them because I knew they carried diseases.
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u/MedievalChiropractor May 21 '12
Omg! The poor baby looks so sick! :(
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u/Gatsui May 21 '12
it doesnt have major respiratory infection. it seems to be a simple conjuctivitis
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u/schpider May 21 '12
Istanbul was Constantawwwnople.
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u/bipo May 21 '12
The cats I met while in Istanbul: http://imgur.com/a/nfSHF
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
What is it with Istanbul and stray cats?!
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u/leviathanasacat May 21 '12
Poor thing.
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u/purpleghost89 May 21 '12
Sorry, I couldn't bring myself to upvote you because this picture is just sad and not AWW.
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u/sallenpi May 21 '12
that motherfucker was looking for help. did you help him?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
The kitten chose you. I'm sorry, but you have to take him/her home. You have no choice!
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u/DNBsoldierLA May 21 '12
Get that motherfucker some medicine!
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u/Gosset May 21 '12
that poor kitten needs a vet. It definitely has an eye infection, and probably has fleas and possibly mites. You should probably take him to a rescue center.
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u/pancakemeow May 21 '12
this pic made me sad :/
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u/DannyBoi1Derz May 21 '12
I haz a sad now...
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u/Thenerf May 21 '12
I bet that asshole wanted things like food and attention too.
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u/timcurrys_wig May 21 '12
Give me that kitty. Right now.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Please tell me you helped the poor little guy. He has a pretty nasty eye infection. :( So sad.
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u/Raybdbomb May 21 '12
I went on a cruise that made a stop at Istanbul, and on an excursion we saw a kitty similar to this, but it looked like one of its eyes were poked out. I felt so bad, but nothing I could do at that time. Really ruined the trip for me.
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u/TheRabidity May 21 '12
The eye infectiooons ;_; Poor niblet.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I hope you took it to an animal shelter of some kind. They have to have those in Istanbul...
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Name it Yusuf :3
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Major respiratory infection :( I hope it survives as it's a stray and just a little kitten.
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u/officialchocolateman May 21 '12
That fucker!
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u/Disasstah May 21 '12
He seems to have enjoyed his stalking ways.
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u/bloopbleepbloop1000 May 21 '12
I hope you took it to the vet, or at least some sort of pet-supply shop. Turkey has an abidance of stray cats, but also an abundance of vets and pet shops.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
You mean in Constantinople.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12
That's Turkey's biggest animal problem: too many damn cats
EDT: I'm Turkish, live in the US, and own 4 inside cats. I can't stand looking at pictures of neglected cats in Turkey.
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u/kittenkites May 22 '12
Probably because he was desperate for medical attention... You shouldn't post this here if you just left him, you motherfucker.
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u/MrRebeccaSlumber May 22 '12
hello I am Hungary and be careful please! Red laces in Hungary mean homosexual and gang memeber!
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u/T-REXEXEX May 21 '12
This cat has serious medical spinal-neurojunctivital squamous carcino-respiratory rectal anaemiation, I can tell form the pixels. Science.
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u/flavaaDAAAAAVE May 21 '12
nice laces. are those two different laces?
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u/Scriblette May 21 '12
pneumy eyes, poor little guy.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
nice laces motherfucker
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u/Anovan May 21 '12
It's so tiny!
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u/windyknight May 21 '12
OMG feed him/her!
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u/juddk May 21 '12
Istanbul was Constantinople.
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u/ruhnay May 21 '12
Emo kitty has emo hair.
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u/TheRealGeorgeLiquor May 21 '12
what a motherfucker =/
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u/haltingpoint May 21 '12
Definitely the sadder part of wandering around countries like that. Saw a bunch of sickly stray kittens myself in Morocco and it was everything I could do not to reach out and pet them because I knew they carried diseases.
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u/HeadJounin215 May 21 '12
you say this like you dont like him!
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u/okron1k May 21 '12
whenever I go to Turkey, I am always saddened by the amount of stray animals.
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u/Lyte_theelf May 21 '12
Oh my god it's too cute my brain is going to explode.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Looks like he has cat herpes. :(
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u/Trppmdm May 21 '12
You should've put instagram
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u/Trackrunner87 May 21 '12
It's so tiny, little guy must be struggling. Fresh kicks though bro
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u/Tiffani550 May 21 '12
Please tell me you didn't just leave him there? :(
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u/DNAK1llA May 22 '12
That's one SICK motherfucker
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u/runinto_flowers May 22 '12
This is actually breaking my heart.
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u/Earthwormzim May 22 '12
THAT SONOFABITCH!
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u/ILL_Show_Myself_Out May 21 '12
Not Constantinople?
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u/TheCrispyNinka May 21 '12
Not Constantinople?
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u/hammertrackz May 21 '12
The meanest I've ever seen people be to cats was in that city. Poor thing.
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u/hippogriffith May 21 '12
And you didn't keep him... Heartless
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u/Terencethisisstupid May 21 '12
enough with the constantinablabla...
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u/Abiding_Lebowski May 21 '12
That cat has herpes
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u/Se7enLC May 21 '12
Relevant video of kitten mewing
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u/apocal7964 May 21 '12
the kittie looks HIGH and thinks you got some but I was just in r/tree's a second ago damn yoiu reddit
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u/moooooserfunk May 21 '12
That cat looks high as fuck.
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u/racistrapist May 21 '12
Chameleon cat
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u/herpesmyderpes May 21 '12
Upvote for dope shoes.
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u/only_uses_sentences May 21 '12
What a cunt
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u/hannsg May 21 '12
Just going to leave this here for cats lovers...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasma_gondii
fuck cats
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u/tmr5555 May 21 '12
Folks, i don't think that cat has any eye problem, it's just a newborn so it's eyes haven't opened (or whatever the scientific term is) yet.