May 02, 2024
Video: Caring for Istanbul's "undercats"
Istanbul’s stray cats are everywhere. Reliable estimates of the stray cat population are hard to come by, but they range from 125,000 to over a million. A rise in infectious feline diseases has residents concerned. There are practical, financial and cultural challenges to controlling the cat population. Courtney Benedetto explores this uniquely Istanbulian problem from all sides.