Every year during the summer months in Buenos Aires the stray animal population swells out of control. Domesticated dogs and cats find themselves on the streets for the first time, scared, disoriented, darting between cars and buses and scrounging for food. There is one cause for their terrible fate: human irresponsibility. As the city’s […]
When Politics Win, Furry Friends Lose
Wander through Buenos Aires’ streets, parks and plazas and you will see an abundance of abandoned animals. Nowhere in the city is the stray animal population more noticeable for visitors than in the ‘Jardín Gatonico’ (or ‘Cat Garden’) as the city’s Botanical Garden is sometimes jokingly called. Amongst the exotic trees and plant life of […]
