Cats in Shenyang, China

When I grew up in China, pets were extremely rare, if it was not fish or birds.  When I was in high school, I visited a friend's home and I declared that he was weird because his home had a cat.

That was how I grew up, absolutely without contact with dogs and cats.

After I've lived in the US for many years, I discovered my great love for cats.

In May, when I visited my parents in Manchurian city Shenyang, I was delighted to see cats.  At the beginning a lone cat from the window, then more near an artificial creek in the huge gated compound and then numerous feral cats in the evening during the daily feeding time.  It was a visual feast for me.


A lone cat hunting, seen from 6th floor window

Below are the pictures I took when I had my morning stroll one day near the creek:





















And finally, the night before I returned, I took another walk with my mother and we saw the amazing feeding frenzy - according to the women who fed the cats, there were near hundred feral cats they fed together.  Some of them were shy and some more assertive.  All quite healthy looking and beautiful.  Very sweet.

































Label: Shenyang, Shenyang Trip 2012