Just a few Greek cats

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Tina B and crew
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Just a few Greek cats

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I've seen more dogs than cats, and unfortunately the cats I've seen in Athens have been pretty sad looking. I cringe everything I see one run across the street or duck under a car. I assume many of them are strays simply because they look undernourished. We went to one of the islands this weekend and the cats I saw there looked as if they fared much better than Athenian cats. Here are just a few that I got.

Very sweet cats, begging at the cafe we had lunch at. It's tearing my heart out! These were on the island of Kea in the town of Ioulida.

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Waiting for a handout...

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Not sure what was wrong with this one's eye...you might have an idea Traci. It was so close to the first cat I posted they were practically attached!

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I hope I will get more eventually.....stay tuned!
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aww...sweet cats...I love the first one...great eyes
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They're so beautiful! I assume the people treat them well when they are begging for food?

The kitten (or maybe petite adult?) appears to have either gluacoma, a cataract, or maybe infection induced injury or traumatic injury, no way to know without a vet, and I guess you can't run around a foreign country taking kitties to the vet! (I probably would :roll: )
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I've not seen anyone be mean to the cats yet. I think the people are just accustomed to them. In the US we'd definitely be shooing them away!

To tell you the truth, I'm not even sure there is a vet on the island of Kea!!
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