article_snippet: An army of feral cats rules a remote island in mainland Japan, curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in a fishing village that is overrun with felines outnumbering humans six to one.
article_snippet: Originally introduced to the mile-long island of Aoshima to deal with mice that plagued fishermen's boats, More than 120 feral cats stayed on - and multiplied.
article_snippet: More than 120 cats swarm Aoshima Island with only a handful of humans for company - mostly pensioners who didn't join the waves of migrants seeking work in the cities on mainland Japan after the Second World War.
article_snippet: Watching: Originally introduced to the island of Aoshima to deal with mice that plagued fishermen's boats, More than 120 feral cats stayed on - and multiplied .
article_snippet: A daring leap: More than 120 mostly ginger cats now patrol the remote Japanese island with only a handful of humans for company .
article_snippet: The only sign of human activity now is the boatload of day-trippers from mainland Japan, visiting what is locally known as Cat Island .
article_snippet: The only sign of human activity now is the boatload of day-trippers from the mainland, visiting what is locally known as Cat Island.
highlights_snippet: More than 120 feral cats live on Aoshima Island, where More than 120 feral cats have just a handful of humans for company .
  
highlights_snippet: More than 120 feral cats were originally brought to the remote Japanese island to kill mice living on fishermen's boats .
  