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🇮🇹 Italy

1 in 43 of the world’s cats lives here

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Numbers

pets

11.9 million 📎 germanpedia.com 2024 FEDIAF via secondary table

street

2 million 🎲 no national stray count; Rome >5,000 registered colonies

Share of the world’s cats

2.3% 🎲

Lifespan in the data

11.2 yrs 🎲

Neutered (pets / street)

70% / 35% 🎲 colony neutering mandated by law; share sim

Kept indoors

50% 🎲

And what kind of cat 🎲

• a cat from an ordinary home43%
• a cat from a poor household17%
• a cat from a wealthy home15%
• a street cat10%
• a show-cattery cat6.8%
• a backyard-bred kitten3.4%
• a kitten from an unwanted litter3.2%
• a temple, shrine or mosque cat1.1%
• a lab cat<0.1%

Beliefs about cats

• Black cats: still seen as unlucky by many

Laws and policies

• Law 281/1991 — Colony cats protected from arbitrary killing or relocation (euthanasia only if gravely ill/incurable · authorised moves only); local vets neuter; caretakers have legal status. 📎 www.frontiersin.org 📎 www.gazzettaufficiale.it 📎 www.regione.lazio.it
• Colony neutering (281/1991) — Local vet services neuter colony cats · Rome has >5,000 registered colonies. 📎 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Help real cats in Italy

• ENPA — Shelters stray and abandoned cats and dogs, adoption www.enpa.org
• OIPA Italia — Volunteer stray rescue, stray cat projects, adoption www.oipa.org
• Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary — Cat sanctuary at a Roman ruin; promotes sterilisation www.gattidiroma.net
• ASL Roma 1 — Rome: colony must be ASL-registered; book by phone/email www.aslroma1.it

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