Namaste!
The one thing that is rarely seen in the streets of Kathmandu is a cat. The large number of dogs, domestic as well as stray, stroll around but not cats. In the eyes of many Nepalese cats are not of such a great usefulness as dogs: they don't guard the house or the farm, they don't scare off unwanted visitors and they won't help you in case of attack of a hooligan. Instead they steal meat or milk whenever there is a chance for it. Besides many think that cats, especially black ones, are bad luck bringers. Anyway, as if feeling that I will not cause them any harm the Nepali cats do come into my yard. I've seen them quite a lot. So, cats do live in Kathmandu, simply they prefer not to walk in the open.
Beautiful cats with serious faces.
ReplyDeleteCats in kathmandu, if there were actually too MANY of 'em I guess they would have spelled it "CATmandu"! Would that work? But for people like me who have horrific allergies to cats even though I adore them, I checked on this site to find out if there are a lot of cats or if there are few, so even though I think cats are cute, this report looks good. Because for me and my stupid allergies, if I were to get to kathmandu in the spring and find myself in a habitation of many cats, my asthma would result in a CATastrophy! Keeping my fingers crossed I think I will be just okay in Kathmandu this spring.
ReplyDeleteI was given 3 kittens by a woman who claimed that the mama cat had died.I kept them for a week and 2 of them died despite me feeding them 2 hrly with a syringe.The other survived 3 more days and it died too.It was quite upsetting as I had never had a cat before and was learning to appreciate and like them.
ReplyDeleteNow I am thinking of buying a healthy cat which is old enough to leave its mother and has been weaned properly.
The cats in your photos look really beautiful. Cats are beautiful and graceful.