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meme protagonists, playstation games<\/a> and thousands of videos on TikTok, the cats<\/strong> they are adored animals almost all over the world. And it’s almost, because there is an island located a few kilometers from the North Pole where they are banned<\/strong>. A law dating from 1992 prevents cats from living in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago where temperatures exceed -40 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n

According to local law, the presence of cats is prohibited on the islands that make up Svalbard <\/strong>. The authorities considered at the time that it was very dangerous for cats to live on the islands due to the spread of rabies and cystic echinococis<\/strong> present in foxes and rodents in the region. In recent years, cats they also pose a threat to some bird species<\/strong>making it impossible to smuggle them in.<\/p>\n

Although cats are prohibited in Svalbard, there is an exception to the rule. Kesha, an orange cat who arrived in the town of Barentsburg. According to locals, the feline was declared a polar fox by its original owners, so the authorities did not carry out a thorough inspection. Years later, and knowing that it was a prohibited animal on the island, no one made any claims.<\/p>\n

Svalbard is no place for cats, although there is one<\/h2>\n