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🇩🇪 Germany

1 in 34 of the world’s cats lives here

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Numbers

pets

15.9 million 📎 www.zzf.de 2024 FEDIAF Facts & Figures 2026 (2024 data): 15.9M pet cats

street

2 million 🎲 www.tierschutzbund.de Tierschutzbund 2026: "several million" street cats, no census · older "about two million" (secondhand) → 2M 🎲

Share of the world’s cats

3.0% 🎲

Lifespan in the data

11.3 yrs 🎲

Neutered (pets / street)

90% / 10% 📎 www.jetzt-katzen-helfen.de owned: 1.59M of ~16M unneutered (Katzenschutzreport 2026) → ~90% · street value sim

Kept indoors

50% 🎲

And what kind of cat 🎲

• a cat from an ordinary home45%
• a cat from a poor household18%
• a cat from a wealthy home16%
• a show-cattery cat7.1%
• a street cat6.1%
• a kitten from an unwanted litter4.5%
• a backyard-bred kitten3.5%
• a temple, shrine or mosque cat0.6%
• a lab cat<0.1%

Beliefs about cats

• Black cats: still seen as unlucky by many

Laws and policies

• Local cat protection ordinances — About 13% of towns require outdoor cats to be neutered, chipped and registered. 📎 www.tierschutzbund.de

Help real cats in Germany

• Deutscher Tierschutzbund — Umbrella of local shelters; cat neutering campaign www.tierschutzbund.de
• TASSO e.V. — Free pet registry; lost and found help www.tasso.net

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