Who would have thought that the world would thank an island full of felines later?
The Japanese Island of Aoshima gained its popularity over the globe after reports that cats dominate the whole island, even if humans still inhabit the place. More than 140 cats and 16 people are occupying the tiny island, greatly outnumbering their human counterparts, 1:8.
Due to this, people all over the country and all over the world called this the Cat Island.
However, their cuteness can't combat the inevitable-food is not enough. The island alone can solely accommodate a few human beings, let alone a whole clowder of our purring friends? Soon enough, the cats are licking their paws as a plea for food.
Of course, the Japanese people could not say no to their whiskered cuteness and food donations flooded the island.
"Food began pouring in from all over Japan," Kazuyuki Ono, 59, whose tweet raised the alarm, told AFP. "There's so much of it now we can't store it," he added. "We're asking people to stop sending donations. But the cats couldn't be happier."
Hundreds of boxes of cat food arrived at the island's dock in time for the country's celebration of Cat Day last February 22.
Ono said that tourists usually feed the cats when they visit the remarkable island. But, during the lean season, some of the cats end up starving because of the scarce resources available in their location.
"In spring and summer, tourists bring food to feed the cats but when it gets cold, the sea is rough and nobody comes. Sometimes boats can't cross in the rough seas. It's a mysterious little island," Ono said.
Because of this extraordinary phenomenon, people are looking to the possibility that this might somehow aid the alarming problem of global food waste.
Despite various efforts of different countries like Denmark and France, there is no doubting that the world trashes so much food collectively per year, ironic that many people are still hungry in some parts of the earth.
