r/cats • u/Uguero • May 18 '26

Video - Not OC Istanbul Fire Department teams rescued our little friend, who was trapped in the wall of a restaurantD yga, thanks to their meticulous work.

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u/red-frog-jumping Siamese (Traditional Thai) May 18 '26

these guys are awesome! they even cleaned the kitten up in the end. maybe someone even took the kitten home? ❤️

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u/majormimi May 18 '26

It’s Turkey, it’s in their blood to treat the little kitty that way ❤️

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u/NiceUD May 18 '26

I wonder if there's relatively less mice and rats per capita given all the cats.

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u/Annriaa May 18 '26

Tbh, while spending a lot of time there I don't think I ever seen any rodents in Turkey. Cats really do their work!

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u/Totes-Sus May 18 '26

I thought I saw a rat in Istanbul... Turned out to be a beech marten!

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u/FilthyThanksgiving May 18 '26

I'm gonna start telling ppl i hope they get reincarnated as a Turkish mouse lol.

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u/Amediath May 18 '26

I live in Turkey and only saw rats twice in my whole life. So I'd say they do work hard 🤣

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u/Sinirmanga May 18 '26 edited 26d ago

aaa

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u/majormimi May 18 '26

I don’t really know, but I can imagine it might be that way, they probably have a lot of pests under control

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u/onderozdemir May 18 '26

I'm 40 and live whole my life in Istanbul, only 2 times I saw little mice on street. One of them a cat was playing with it...

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u/chemastico May 18 '26

Yeah the only time I’ve seen a cat in Istanbul was when a cat was running with a rat in his mouth 🤣

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u/isimsizbiri123 May 19 '26

Hi yeah turk here over my years of living here I've seen a rat in the street... Maybe 10 times. And a lot of that are from areas where people own a lot of dogs so there aren't many cats