Thursday, 29 November 2012

Wednesday, November 28/2012

The hotel has a collection of cats, well loved and well fed by many of the guests.By no means the thin cats of the square iin Marrakesh. Guests come bearing treats in little foil bags, a cat who seems (oddly) to be drinking out of the bird bath is actually consuming food there, and cats lie smugly between the legs of elderly guests basking in the sun on the loungers around the pool. Even the little library in the loounge is in support of needy cats (presumably not these ones), demanding a donation of two euros (£1.50, $2.65 CAD) per used paperback. There's continual tension between Cypriots, who take a pretty casual view of animal rights and needs and British ex-pats who adopt abandoned animals, write letters to the papers condemning abuse and neglect, and volunteer at charity shops supporting animal shelters. Here, the cats have won.