Sleeping Cat

Cat by shop window on Caine Road, Central, Hong Kong

I was walking home from brunch today and saw a cat sleeping comfortably by a shop window, I just had to take a photo to share with everyone. I think cats are the master of sleep, they can always make the most awkward position look comfortable. More importantly, they also manage to make sleeping look adorably cute that makes you want to say aww..

On the subject about cats, not far from where I live there is an old police complex, it's a spacious compound probably built in the colonial era but now it's sitting empty. For the stray cats of Mid-level it is good news, the empty buildings inside the compound provide shelter, and the residents around the area feed them regularly despite posters warned about feeding strays.

Comparing to other areas in Hong Kong such as Mongkok, these strays are having it good, their cousins have to make do with cramped and noisy conditions where humans and traffic are more of a threat than hunger or illness.

Thanks to a charity organization called Hong Kong Alley Cat Watch, whose aim is to trap, neuter, and release, and finding home for the friendlier ones, the number of strays are slowly being contained. The organization also advocates tolerance towards animal and responsible pet ownership, the stray cats of Hong Kong do have a fairy godmother to look out for them!

Do you know that cats are the only animal that can say their name in Mandarin?