Japanese place of worship labelled 'cat temple' as monks look after felines
- 5 years ago
A temple in Fukui Prefecture, Japan has been labelled the cat temple as the monks there feed and look after the felines.
Filmed in July, a large group of cats descend on Gotanjoji Temple as a monk empties food into a gutter.
The place of worship adopted the cat temple name after monks encountered a group of abandoned cats and started to care for them.
The monks started to have the cats surgically sterilised after the number of cats kept on increasing.
Finding foster parents is very popular as people believe cats from Gotanjoji bring good fortune, so almost all meetings are successful in finding foster parents.
A collection box is placed in the precinct and donations are also accepted which are used for the cost of food and treatment for the cats.
Filmed in July, a large group of cats descend on Gotanjoji Temple as a monk empties food into a gutter.
The place of worship adopted the cat temple name after monks encountered a group of abandoned cats and started to care for them.
The monks started to have the cats surgically sterilised after the number of cats kept on increasing.
Finding foster parents is very popular as people believe cats from Gotanjoji bring good fortune, so almost all meetings are successful in finding foster parents.
A collection box is placed in the precinct and donations are also accepted which are used for the cost of food and treatment for the cats.