Meet Shoshannah. She is the little feral kitty that Peanut adopted at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, where she attends school. Shoshannah is about 6 months old and lives in the yard outside Peanut’s building along with tons of other cats. The students are told to not feed or interact with the cats, but how can you leave them alone when they crawl all over you when studying outside and meow sweetly for attention.
If you have not been to Jerusalem, then you are probably not aware of the massive cat problem that they have. “Cats were not prominent in Israel’s streets until the 1930s, when they were brought in to help eradicate a rat problem, but this decision ultimately caused a “cat infestation” in and of itself. No one knows exactly how many of the street cats live in Israel now, but estimates say about 2 million, according to Meow Mission.”
Everywhere you turn, under every bush, in the buildings, in the streets, there are cats.
Cat in the Humanities Building at Hebrew U
It is always amazing how we humans try to solve one problem and just create another. I never knew that Jerusalem was the city of cats. There is a very nice site on Tumblr that has lots of pictures of the Jerusalem City Cats, if you would like to see more.
There are all varieties of cats – long and short hair, calico, tortoiseshell, gingers… it is sad that there are so many homeless kitties, but at the same time, very neat to see how the people have rallied to try to feed and care for them (at least at Peanut’s school).
Do you know of other cities with cat problems? This is on a scale that I never thought of before.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo travelling. 
DogDaz Zoo 
Emmadog
January 24, 2014 at 07:13
Pretty cat she adopted. We had no idea that it was a cat city with a cat problem!
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dogdaz
January 24, 2014 at 07:15
Sometimes she even brings her up 8 floors to her dorm room in the elevator, but she says Shoshannah doesn’t like the ride very much and she has to bring her down the stairs.
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angelswhisper2011
January 24, 2014 at 07:37
We were a few times in Turkey and everywere you looked were stray-cats and dogs, and a lot of people were really kind to them, feed them and there was water for them at every corner. I’ve seen this also in Spain and Rome (Italy). I don’t know if they’re taken for rats, but I know they’re holy in Turkey. Pawkiss 🙂
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dogdaz
January 24, 2014 at 09:11
When I was in Istanbul, I saw more dogs than cats, but I do understand they have a very large problem there too. I have not been to Spain or Rome, so I will have to look if I ever get the chance to go. Thanks for telling us. I did not realize they were holy in Turkey.
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Cody-Cat Chat (@CatChatCaren)
January 24, 2014 at 08:52
I never knew that Jerusalem is the city of cats either. Did you know that “Shoshannah” in Hebrew means “ROSE”
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dogdaz
January 24, 2014 at 09:08
Yes and there are beautiful white wild roses all around campus. 🙂
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