I live in Holon, a suburb of Tel Aviv.
Granted it is more urban then the suburbs back home. For instance, just about every one lives in an apartment building, instead of a house with a yard. But for the most part, it does have that suburb feel.
Things like, I don't know:
-Kids on bikes after school.
-Familiar faces at the bank, the super market, and the post office.
-Old people sitting on benches talking about the good old days, back in soviet Russia.
Well maybe that last one is particular to the suburbs of Tel Aviv, and you know Moscow.
What ever. The point is I don't live in the city.
So some one please tell me. What's with the stray cats?!
Granted it is more urban then the suburbs back home. For instance, just about every one lives in an apartment building, instead of a house with a yard. But for the most part, it does have that suburb feel.
Things like, I don't know:
-Kids on bikes after school.
-Familiar faces at the bank, the super market, and the post office.
-Old people sitting on benches talking about the good old days, back in soviet Russia.
Well maybe that last one is particular to the suburbs of Tel Aviv, and you know Moscow.
What ever. The point is I don't live in the city.
So some one please tell me. What's with the stray cats?!
Seriously, they are every where.
-Living off of the garbage that over flows from the dumpsters.
-Mating and fighting loudly in the night.
-Dirty, mangy, battle scarred, flea covered creatures brazenly sauntering about, without the slightest fear of the human beings, who forfeit half their monthly salaries, just for the pleasure of sharing this neighborhood, with disgusting stray cats.
I swear, there is a nursery school up the street, leaving food out for them every day. Can you imagine? An institution intended to provide a safe environment for children encouraging filthy street cats to hang out on their property.
Its really not a big deal. I mean, why should I care? Its not like the cats are in my house. But I am baffled. It is such a simple problem to fix, a basic duty of the municipality to provide normal levels of animal control.
But no one seems to see it as a problem.
The level of Israeli tolerance for inconveniences, and nuisances, will always amaze me.
7 comments:
Maybe it's cause they didn't watch The Price Is Right. I mean, if it weren't for Bob Barker reminding us to eugenicize our pets, we might be inundated with their inferior progeny as well.
Besides, you'll never have a mouse problem.
Believe me, anytime you try to buy any thing here, its a game of "The Price is Right"
Is that too angry? People are saying I am too angry.
Na dude. That's just you. But that's what makes it funny. What do you want, anyway? A boring lame blog?
Feril cats. Are they aggressive? If not, all things considered if I was in Israel I'd rather have to contend with cats than rodents.
hey keli- where can I read your blog? I would love to check it out.
I also noticed that everyone comes to terms with the cats at some point - and some end up even end up taking a kitten off the streets. Aways from all the drug dealers... What? I still don't know how I ended up with one. If you want, you can read what I wrote on the topic of cats on the big felafel: http://www.thebigfelafel.com/sabra-cats/
Matt: my blog is at
www.keliata.blogspot.com
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