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Hope you want cats! There are greater than 1,000 of them this campus. About 1,200 truly, though it is not possible for workers to depend all of them as a result of … cats.
About 30 years in the past, the American College of Beirut (AUB) began taking in cats deserted throughout years of conflict in Lebanon. Throughout final yr’s conflict with Israel, it gained a number of hundred that have been dumped at its gate.
AUB has an enormous sprawling campus stuffed with towering timber and inexperienced areas main all the way down to the Mediterranean Sea (sure, it’s as lovely because it sounds), and lots of the cats are shy, so it does not get overwhelming.
There are all types of cats: purebreds in addition to scrappy avenue cats. The college spays, neuters and vaccinates them, and tries to undertake out those it could.
Not everyone seems to be a fan of cats, however college students are required to not be imply to them. So the cats meander out and in of open doorways. Often they sit in lecture rooms. And there are many college students who love them. It is a worrying place in worrying instances. Typically simply petting a cat helps.
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