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🇬🇷 Greece

1 in 231 of the world’s cats lives here

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Numbers

pets

0.6 million 📎 germanpedia.com 2024 FEDIAF via secondary table

street

2 million 🎲 networkforanimals.org reported as millions; 2M is a game value

Share of the world’s cats

0.4% 🎲

Lifespan in the data

9.0 yrs 🎲

Neutered (pets / street)

50% / 10% 🎲 Law 4830/2021 enforcement weak

Kept indoors

30% 🎲

And what kind of cat 🎲

• a street cat54%
• a kitten from an unwanted litter17%
• a cat from an ordinary home12%
• a temple, shrine or mosque cat6.2%
• a cat from a poor household4.6%
• a cat from a wealthy home4.2%
• a show-cattery cat1.8%
• a backyard-bred kitten0.9%
• a lab cat<0.1%

Beliefs about cats

• Black cats: still seen as unlucky by many

Laws and policies

• Law 4830/2021 (neutering) — Municipalities must feed and neuter strays · enforcement is weak. 📎 www.animalactiongreece.org
• Law 4830/2021 (no euthanasia) — Healthy strays may not be euthanised. 📎 www.animalactiongreece.org
• Law 4830/2021 (chip & register) — Compulsory microchip and registration. 📎 www.animalactiongreece.org

Help real cats in Greece

• Nine Lives Greece — Athens stray cats since 2008: TNR, adoption, feeding www.ninelivesgreece.com
• Greek Cat Welfare Society — Funds neutering of stray cats across Greece www.greekcats.org.uk
• Animal Action Greece — Very low-cost stray cat spay, pilot near Athens only animalactiongreece.org

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