The Cats Of Recoleta Cemetery
Fri, Aug 6, 2010
It’s not often that a graveyard is a major tourist attraction, but the Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires falls into that category. Many of Argentina’s most famous people are buried in this cemetery, including Evita.
But people don’t just come here for the dead residents… they also come to visit the living.
Recoleta Cemetery is home to almost a hundred friendly stray cats who casually walk up to visitors and beg to be pet… when they’re not loafing around and sunbathing, that is. (Everyone knows cats are weird, but why would they want to live in a cemetery?)
The cats are unusually healthy for strays thanks to a group of older (probably single) women who feed, groom and care for them. If only they put the same amount of enthusiasm into cleaning up all that cat crap.
Jetpacker 
That’s like my worst nightmare come alive! I live with a (feral) cat, and he is the bane of my existence so a whole army of them? No thanks!
But they’re so adorable!
Sure, they smell a little funny, and some are covered in fleas.
But at least they’re not clingers.
Hahaha, this is so bizarre. It’s like a cat sanctuary.
If I’m a cat in my next life, I’m living in a pillow factory, not a cemetery. I prefer comfort over creepiness.
And you know how they say some animals can see ghosts? Those Recoleta cats must not the know the difference between a living and a dead person by now.
amazing post…