Many things the internet will tell you exist in Japan are still not the norm around here. I’ve been here a decade and have come across traffic warning signs for deer, cattle, tanuki (raccoon dogs) and in the mountains for bears, never for cats. So these are irregular signs. The one on the left strikes me as one given special dispensation for by the authorities to prevent accidents on a public road, maybe even in just one village that’s overrun with ferrals. The writing underneath just reads look out for animals. The one on the right looks to me like it could just be on private property somewhere.
Compare: In America they have presidents carved into mountains! Factually not incorrect but misleading, as it’s just four of them and they’re all in the same place.
Would people really just exaggerate on the internet like that? 😔
Mount Georg is an outlier and should not have been counted
lol, that second sign is amazing. Beautiful graphic. Beware cats flying out!
Or you know, don’t let cats outside
You know, a lot of the research behind that is rather dubious and has conflicting evidence.
Wildlife impacts of free-roaming cats: Estimates vs. evidence
the strays are already there and have been my entire life. the entire community is working on managing them and has adopted them as our outside cats. we are reducing their population to reasonable amounts, getting them eating kibble instead of birds, and giving them as happy lives as we can.
meanwhile we have to fight fascism.
so you know, fuck you and all that.
You better believe I’m gonna drive as slowly as you want if I get a cat out of it.
The sign doesn’t say that, it’s just an animal warning sign like the deer warning sign you see in the US.
I mean, theoretically, deer warning signs are asking you to slow down for deer. Just because few people actually do so doesn’t mean that’s not the purpose of the signs…
The one on the right does reference cats specifically. The writing under the one on the left just references animals.
i want these for our neighborhood. like a lot of them. I already go on bike rides to take cat photos.
i love the beware of cat glomping sign
