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🇲🇽 Mexico

1 in 27 of the world’s cats lives here

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Numbers

pets

19.2 million 📎 www.adn40.mx 2025 INEGI ENBIARE 2025: 19.2M cats in homes

street

3 million 🎲 no cat-only street count · the "70% of pets on the street" claim has no INEGI source · ~23M free-roaming dogs+cats (HSI México) → 3M cats 🎲

Share of the world’s cats

3.7% 🎲

Lifespan in the data

11.2 yrs 🎲

Neutered (pets / street)

45% / 5.0% 📎 www.prnewswire.com home 45% (Fundación Haghenbeck, Feb 2025) · street value sim

Kept indoors

45% 🎲

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 cat9.4%
• a show-cattery cat6.9%
• a backyard-bred kitten3.4%
• a kitten from an unwanted litter3.0%
• 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

• Free sterilisation campaigns — Governments and foundations run free drives · Mexico City did 65,000+ free sterilisations in 2025. 📎 www.adn40.mx

Help real cats in Mexico

• Humane World for Animals (México) — Formerly HSI México; backs cat neuter campaigns www.humaneworld.org

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