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Cat ownership in Europe (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 70 points 3 months ago (3 children)

In the Balkans and Turkey you don't own a cat. They just live in your neighborhood.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I was wondering why the value was so low when I've heard Turkiye lovessss their cats. (Kinda makes me want to move there lol)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I've seen Kedi - like... cats must be considered a public good for numbers so low.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

The cats own you!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Looks like the cats are nearing majority rule in Romania, I wonder how much longer until they start pushing through cat leaning legislation?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

Once it passes the threshold, anyone adopting a cat will be entitled to fully paid caternity leave.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ownership might not be the best word ...

Perhaps how many households are inhabited by cats?

Or just cats per capita?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Cats per capita would be a very different map in the east, like Greece and Turkey. They have a lot of street cats that are taken care of by the neighborhood.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah there's no cats in Turkish households because they're all chilling in the streets of Istanbul

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, Turkiye was def a surprise (bcs I don't know anything besides two cities) - it also made me think that some people that have regularly or even regular cats in or around their house might not consider themselves as cat "owners" or owned by cats or a cat household. So that "free to leave" cats arent considered in this statistics.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Being a Turkish cat and sticking to one household is like being a New Yorker and sticking to one pizzeria.

Not entirely uncommon, but still a stupid fucking decision only a moron would make.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

But now I need the dog version of this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Portugal cyk blyat!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

“owning”

[–] catsarebadpeople 3 points 3 months ago

Slovakia with the highly effective border patrol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I'd like stats on the Vatican, plz.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Which country is CHE?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well, that's where Switzerland is, but I have no idea why it's labeled CHE.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It comes from the Latin name for Switzerland; Confoederatio Helvetica

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

it's just weird to see the E on the end for me, i'm used to switzerland simply being CH

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

They went for the alpha-3 codes on this map instead of alpha-2. In theory they're clearer, but in Europe most people are used to the alpha-2 codes.