Spare Cats

Of all the things there are plenty of in Symi, cats are probably the most abundant. The vast majority are homeless and live in colonies around the island's many bin areas and are, not surprisingly, usually referred to as 'bin cats'. I've always preferred to call them spare cats though and those in today's Blip are some of the fifteen or twenty who scavenge around my local bins. As a rule these feral cats run away or hide when people approach but as I've fed and watered 'mine' regularly over the last few years they know not to be scared of me and even seemed to be quite pleased to have a camera pointed at them.