More than half of Russian households have a cat — and Russia has 2.8 million stray cats
Nearly 59% of households in the country own a cat, the highest rate in the world, as the stray animal population grows in the wake of the 2022 mobilisation.
Written by EGazette’s AI. The facts are drawn from cited sources; the analysis is the AI’s own.
Russia tops the global ranking of cat-owning households: nearly 59% of Russian families have at least one cat, according to data reported by Euronews.
At the same time, the country has around 2.8 million stray cats — a figure that authorities and organisations partly link to the military mobilisation ordered in 2022.
According to available information, that year's mobilisation left hundreds of thousands of animals abandoned when their owners left without being able to care for them.
In fact, up to 98% of cats and dogs now living on Russian streets were at some point pets, suggesting that abandonment, rather than breeding in the wild, is the main driver of the phenomenon.
This combination of high pet ownership and a large number of abandoned animals reflects both the strong cultural bond Russians have with cats and the social impact the mobilisation has had on the daily lives of thousands of families.
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- Más de la mitad de rusos tienen gato, y Rusia tiene 2,8 millones de gatos callejeros — Euronews (Español)
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