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The cat's meow in the Basque region
Everywhere I travel in Spain I discover colonies of feral cats — many of them quite beautiful (especially in fishing port towns), and others sadly neglected. But when I visited Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of Spain’s Basque region, I found city fathers after my own heart. The city has established a fenced-in cat sanctuary in the heart of the historic quarter where several dozen cats are living fat and sassy around a section of the city’s 16th century wall.
Posted by Patricia Harris, Globe Correspondent
Photo by Patricia Harris for the Boston Globe
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