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🇪🇬 Egypt

1 in 50 of the world’s cats lives here

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Numbers

pets

2 million 🎲 no credible owned-cat figure

street

10 million 🎲 egyptianstreets.com the 100M claim is implausible; 10M is a game value

Share of the world’s cats

2.0% 🎲

Lifespan in the data

8.8 yrs 🎲

Neutered (pets / street)

25% / 3.0% 🎲 EVAC 5,000+ since 2014 (real); share sim

Kept indoors

30% 🎲

And what kind of cat 🎲

• a street cat55%
• a kitten from an unwanted litter18%
• a temple, shrine or mosque cat10.0%
• a cat from an ordinary home8.3%
• a cat from a poor household3.3%
• a cat from a wealthy home3.0%
• a show-cattery cat1.3%
• a backyard-bred kitten0.7%
• a lab cat<0.1%

Beliefs about cats

• Black cats: no strong belief
• Mosque cats: fed and looked after

Laws and policies

• NGO-run TNR — No national cat policy · NGOs run TNR, e.g. EVAC: >5,000 cats since 2014. 📎 cairoscene.com

Help real cats in Egypt

• Egyptian Society for Mercy to Animals (ESMA) — Shelter and adoption centre for hundreds of dogs and cats www.esmaegypt.org
• SPARE Egypt — Helps injured dogs and cats; supports TNR www.sparelives.org
• S.P.A.R.E. TNR — Cairo dog and cat sterilisation plus TNR; ask for cost sparelives.org

We don't take money from these links · This game takes no donations and links to no payment pages.

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