Here's a little kitty wandering around.....
Might be a good place for scraps.....
With all the animals that need feeding.....
Looks just like the strays back in North America....
Seems like all cats are strays in Egypt....
A Giza Zoo Kitty.....
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really? i would have figured just the opposite would be true in egypt...
cause cats were treated like royalty by the pharohs and such..
Postscript: Turnaround
Perhaps the saddest irony of the importance and stature of cats in the days of ancient Egypt was contained in a CNN report from Gayle Young in Cairo, Egypt, on May 18, 1996. These days, according to the report, rampant poverty has meant that few Egyptians keep pets of any sort, and as a result, the cats of present-day Cairo are mostly homeless and forage in garbage dumps and the crowded streets of the city, begging for handouts and scrounging a meager living. It's a sad come-down for an animal that used to be draped in gold and jewels, and even venerated as a god. But their plight also illustrates one of the cat's most basic attributes. Whether considered a god or garbage-picker, the cat is a survivor.
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