WORLD● LOW3h ago · Oct 3, 2026, 5:00 AM
Russia leads world in cat ownership — yet has 2.8 million strays
EuroNews [en] · eastern europe
Nearly 59% of Russian households own at least one cat, the highest rate globally, but the 2022 mobilisation order left hundreds of thousands of animals abandoned when owners fled the country or were sent to the front in Ukraine. Up to 98% of Russia's stray cats and dogs were once domestic pets.
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