2023 Author: Alex Livingston | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-11-26 11:39
Let's talk about Houtong, a small village in Taiwan which is a real citizen of the cats. A village that has made the presence of our four-legged friends a clear distinctive sign.
And which, above all, owes its salvation to these special felines. Houtong is a village located north of Taipei, the capital of Taiwan.
It is a village that experienced its best historical moment at the beginning of the twentieth century. Here was in fact a coal extraction site which, thanks to its importance, had considerably increased the demographics in this town.
At the time, there were about 6,000 residents of the village. However, when this mine fell out of favor in the early 1990s, trouble began for the village of Houtong.
Many inhabitants decided to leave the city, looking for a job elsewhere. Since that time, Houtong has risked disappearing from geographic maps forever.
Until 2010, when a famous I photograph wrote an interesting article about this village, talking about the many cats that lived there.
Since that time, Houtong has become the village of cats. People from all over the world have begun to visit this city, eager to see the many felines.
An opportunity that the village has been able to exploit to perfection. Over the years, in fact, the village has begun to install attractions theme.
There is a bridge that can only be crossed by cats, a feline museum and also one school dedicated to information about the world of our four-legged friends.
Nearly 300 cats live in the village of Houtong which, in the end, are not even strays. It is the inhabitants of the city who take care of them, providing for all their needs.
They don't have a fixed home, but they have tons of human friends. Unfortunately, according to some, there is also a downside.
The village of Houtong in fact offers a great attraction even for those who decide to leave your four-legged friend. According to statistical surveys, in fact, in the last two years the number of cats has grown dramatically.
A sign that someone has decided to leave their feline here who, in any case, has certainly found someone able to take care of him in the best way.
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