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Area Sacra di Largo Argentina
When I looked over the railings, I noticed a cat sleeping amongst the ruins, then another one, and another, and suddenly everywhere I looked there was a cat. My guidebook solved the mystery, the ruins are now a cat sanctuary.
Postcard images of cats reclining amid ancient ruins belie the sorry state of Rome's feline population. Many Romans are backward when it comes to animal welfare, refusing to get their pets sterilised and abandoning unwanted kittens. Gattari 'cat ladies' have always tried tending to the strays, but a dedicated and international band of volunteers has established a sanctuary (www.romancats.com) for hundreds of sick, abandoned and stray moggies in the Largo Argentina archaeological site.
