Jakarta, June 17, 2026 (AFP) - Trap, neuter, release: Jakarta battles cat-astrophic stray numbers

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2026-06-17

Three flea-riddled kittens frolic under the feet of a food vendor at a bustling train station in Jakarta, home to one of the biggest urban stray cat populations on Earth. Numbering as many as 1.5 million by some counts -- about one for every ten human inhabitants of the sprawling Indonesian capital -- street cats are ubiquitous and, for the most part, doted on. "Cats are there to neutralise negative auras and to cheer you up," 33-year-old vendor......

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