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Thanks for the refreshing diary!
Stray cats are considered citizens by the city of Rome. There are reportedly over 800 cat colonies here with total membership around 120,000, perhaps the most famous in Torre Argentina. Human citizens are held responsible for their up-keep, care and general well-being. Very much a cat's life.
Here's the most recent city law that regulates our duties to them.
they were cruising round these great ruins, and the whole vision was other-worldly, and a bit fin-de-millenne... "These days, there's nothing more ridiculous than the truth." Leonard Pitts Jr
On a smaller-scale, localist level, practically every neighbourhood here has its local "gattara" - a more or less official "cat-feeder lady", usually but not always of grandmotherly age, who regularly collects scraps and leftovers from local butchers' shops and restaurants and distributes them, at discretely-chosen fixed "feeding points" and usually at the same time every day, to the nearby cat-colonies. My mother used to be a "deputy gattara" ... meaning she'd temporarily take over the local cat-feeding rounds when the No. 1 cat-lady was sick or away visiting relatives. "Ignoring moralities is always undesirable, but doing so systematically is really worrisome." Mohammed Khatami
I really enjoy our cats. Each one has his/her quirks and habits and very much contribute to the "personality" of area. It's great to see newcomers move in and grow.
...and a Roman "gattara" on her rounds:
"Ignoring moralities is always undesirable, but doing so systematically is really worrisome." Mohammed Khatami
