Istanbul does not have a stray cat problem. It has 16 million people who decided, collectively and without a committee, that the cats live here too. Shopkeepers leave bowls. The city pays vet bills.
The Cats of Istanbul: How a City of 16 Million Built Itself Around Its StraysThe cats of Istanbul are no accident. Ottoman endowments, Islamic law, a 1910 dog exile and a hit documentary explain how a city feeds 165,000 strays.pudgycat.io