Cyprus cats out in the cold as pandemic bites

At a cat sanctuary set in picturesque hills near Paphos, on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, volunteers are grappling with a surge in abandonments they blame on the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s looking at you: three cats who fell on hard times but were lucky enough to find sanctuary at the Tala Cats rescue centre near Paphos in Cyprus “There has been an increase of about 30 percent of previously owned, loved (and) looked-after cats that have been left behind” as people depart the island, lamented Dawn Foote, 48, who runs the Tala Cats rescue centre. Some among Cyprus’s large expatriate and dual resident communities have retreated home as the economic squeeze has...