Cat facts, with sources
These are the numbers and facts behind the game. 📎 = a real number with a source · 🎲 = our estimate where nobody has counted.
By country
- How many stray cats live in each country
- How long cats live
- How many cats are neutered, country by country
- Animal-protection laws for cats, country by country
- Cats in 25 countries — Every number in the game comes from this table — tap a country to see its sources
Helping real cats
- Abandonment has a season
US: kittens are 59% of cat intake, rising from April and peaking in May · Thailand has no national abandonment data. - Shelters change when people adopt
Japan's centres went from killing 238,929 cats (FY2004) to 4,866 (FY2024) · the US still euthanised ~277,000 cats in 2025. - Animal hoarders need help, not shaming
Cats make up 65–82% of animals in hoarding cases. Most hoarders believe they are rescuing and do not see the decline in the animals, their… - Fake donation pages are real
SMACC (2024) counted 1,022 fake animal-rescue links in 6 weeks, ~572M views. - Buying a kitten? Always see the mother
England's Lucy's Law banned third-party kitten and puppy sales from 6 Apr 2020 · a 2024 Dorset case (>£34,000 of illegal sales) ended in a… - Roads are the top killer of young cats
Bristol Cats study: road accidents = 45.6% of deaths in UK cats up to 8 years. - Cat diseases are more treatable than you think — with a vet
Cyprus allowed molnupiravir for FIP in cats after a vet diagnosis (Aug 2023) · FeLV ~3.1% / FIV ~3.6% of North American cats (2017). - If you see strange food in a public place
Istanbul: 34 cats died in Kadıköy in Mar 2023, suspected poisoning · Kalamış Park, Sep 2024: 22–27 cats and 3 dogs. - If you see animal cruelty, report it
Japan: police cleared a record 181 animal-abuse cases in 2023 · Thailand's 2014 Act: up to 2 years/40,000 THB · no Thai national case data. - Cat-meat numbers come from campaign groups
China ~4M and Vietnam ~1M cats a year are HSI advocacy estimates, not official statistics · Shenzhen banned eating dogs and cats from 1… - Conservationists and cat lovers want the same thing: fewer cats in the bush
Cats in Australia kill >1.5B native animals a year · after TNR was explained, 79% of Brisbane residents preferred it for urban strays vs… - Neutering helps prevent problems before they start
~60% of owned cats worldwide are neutered (Mars 2024) · only 7% of semi-owned Thai cats are · Bangkok neutered 337,590 dogs and cats… - Lab cats are real — and some find homes
US, FY2024: 12,004 cats used in research · ~11 states require publicly funded labs to rehome retired dogs and cats. - An evacuation plan needs room for the cat
No statistics on cats lost in disasters (simulated) — but chipped cats with a ready carrier get home more easily. - Found a tiny kitten? Don't scoop it up yet
The idea that a mother cat abandons kittens over "human scent" is a myth — she's usually just out finding food · kittens really die of… - The cheap shot costs more later
Progestin contraceptive shots in cats can cause pyometra, mammary tumours and diabetes, sometimes fatal even at low doses · in 2017…
Made with AI · data from the sources shown · Zilo Game
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