An island nation known for its love of cats now grapples with the problem of too many felines. Photo: AP PHOTO

The island of cats has a cat problem.

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Officials in Cyprus, the small island nation in the eastern corner of the Mediterranean, estimate roughly one feral cat for every one of its million-strong human population, though activists contend the actual population is hundreds of thousands higher.

In September the island's parliamentary environment committee was told an existing sterilisation program is too limited to contain the burgeoning cat population.

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