Sino-Singapore Online Online, June 10 (Reporter Kang Yuzhan, Xu Yin) Recently, a news that a couple in Shanghai moved to give up the house to 66 cats has caused heated discussions on the Internet. Why keep a cat? Where did the cat come from? How to avoid disturbing the people? With these questions, a reporter from Chinanews.com visited Shanghai Hongqiao Airport New Village on the afternoon of the 10th.

　　The reporter learned at the scene that Shanghai Hongqiao Airport Xincun is an old-fashioned community with a six-story, one-ladder, four-family structure, denser living, and poorer sound insulation. "Cat House" is located on the third floor of one of the buildings, and many neighbors expressed dissatisfaction with the cat's smell and cry.

In the new village of Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, a couple moved and gave the house to the cat. Photo by Kang Yuzhan

　　"When the cat meows, I can actually hear all of them. The sound is very loud, and I can also cry in the middle of the night. After the call, I still wandered around," said Yu Apo, a resident of the community.

　　Also disturbing is the resident of the community, Mr. Lu, "This place is a residential area, not a zoo. If you have so many cats, it will definitely affect everyone. You dare not open the window to dry your clothes. All right".

　　Regarding the rumors that netizens are hotly discussing that the hostess of the "cat house" is a cat dealer, Yu Apo denies, "I moved in in 2006, when there were so many cats."

　　A community resident who asked not to be named told reporters that initially the mother of the "cat house" hostess raised cats. "After her mother passed away, she took over. In fact, they were very caring and kept raising cats. Then This house is vacant, and she has a house elsewhere. This house is dedicated to cats. If this house is rented for a month and still has four or five thousand yuan (RMB) income, she is not rare. She likes to keep cats. She not only keeps cats, but also buys milk and cat food for stray cats outside."

The cat's stench and barking caused neighbors' dissatisfaction. Photo by Kang Yuzhan

　　The reporter followed the residents of the community to the "cat house" and saw that the gate was tightly closed. No matter how he knocked on the gate, no cats were heard. There was no obvious smell in the corridor. The reporter then inspected from the window for about half an hour, and saw no signs of cats walking around.

　　Cao Xinli, secretary of the party branch of the new village in Hongqiao Airport, told reporters that this “cat house” has been a hot issue for the first time, and 2015 was the peak period for the number of cats. “There were 66 cats at that time, under our persuasion. The other party sterilized all the cats and agreed that no new stray cats would come to this room. In fact, there are 13 cats in the house, and the youngest stray cat is 12 years old," Cao Xinli said It is hoped that with the natural law of cat growth, there will be fewer and fewer cats in this room, and this problem can be solved eventually. At present, the street side also regularly kills the corridor through the disinfection station to solve the problem that the mold may breed in the corridor.

　　However, judging from the current actual situation, what the owner of the "cat house" does not seem to be able to fully understand from the neighbor next door. In this regard, the relevant person in charge of the local street said that they will continue to communicate with the cat owners and take corresponding measures to minimize the impact on the surrounding residents.

At present, the number of stray cats in this "cat house" has been reduced from 66 to 13 in peak periods. Photo by Kang Yuzhan

　　Cao Xinli pointed out that the treatment of stray cats in the community is not a problem encountered by a community in the new village of Hongqiao Airport. It is expected that relevant laws and regulations will be introduced as soon as possible.

　　In an interview, Yinwen, a lawyer from Deheng Shanghai Law Firm, said that the disputes arising from cat raising have no relevant regulations in China at present, and such disputes are more of a mediation on the moral level. With more and more relations, I believe that laws and regulations will be more perfect and reasonable." (Finish)