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Did they capture and euthanize many Yanaka cats during Covid?

  • January 1, 2026

I am wondering why most of the cats of Yanaka disappeared during Covid. I can’t get clear information on what happened to them.

I do see a AI result references control measures enacted during Covid. Which sounds ominous.

Does anyone know what happened to the many of the cats of Yanaka?

by Perfecshionism

3 comments

  1. I remember news articles about house cats in the US and even big cats in the zoos testing positive for COVID during the pandemic.

  2. The reduction in stray cat population started way before COVID. The Ueno Park colonies disappeared much before the pandemic. I think it’s more to do with extensive TNR programs than a systematic cull. Most of the strays I see around now have the notch in their ear to show they’ve already been through trap, neuter and release.

  3. I was there before covid, very very few cats around in the graveyard, hardly any in more populated areas.

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