Abandoned Cats: Who Cares for Them in Rome?

Marianna is 49 years old and spends her day saving and caring for the abandoned cats In Rome, it's endless: from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., it never stops, in its territory at the Magic Gate in Piazza Vittoria, in the Esquilino neighborhood. In the Magliana area, on the outskirts of the capital, in a former Roma camp, there is an oasis for stray cats organized by ENPA (National Agency for Animal Protection). At the Residence Borgo del Poggio, used by the Municipality of Rome for temporary housing, in practice it is the evicted people who take care of the abandoned cats.

There are no official statistics, but there are over 50 thousand stray cats in Rome, and others are continually abandoned., collected and entrusted by the municipal administration to private organizations, such as Asta, which receives an average of 20 kittens per month.

In Rome, cats are considered citizens in all respects, but their salvation is due first of all to the generosity of some associations, coincidentally almost always led by women.And let us remember that the massive presence of cats in Rome dates back to the republican age of the Roman Empire, when the cats They were considered valuable for protecting food supplies from rodents and other pests. If you have the desire and interest to adopt a cat, here find all the useful information.

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