⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Walking Houtong Cat Village, Taiwan | 猴硐貓村 (January 3, 2020)

I explore the Houton Cat Village in Taiwan.
From Wikipedia:
"The Houtong Cat Village or Houdong Cat Village (Chinese: 猴硐貓村; pinyin: Hóudòng Māo Cūn) is a village in Ruifang District, New Taipei, Taiwan famous for its cat population.
Houtong was once a rich small mining town in Ruifang, renowned for a well-preserved culture surrounding its railway, which was built during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. During its prosperous years, the area produced around 220,000 tons of coal per year, the largest coal output of a single area in Taiwan. This attracted many immigrants to the area, which further spurred the town's growth to as many as 900 households with a population of more than 6,000 people. The last facility built in the area was a coal purification factory, built in 1920.
As the coal mining industry began to decline in the 1990s, the area also declined. Young residents started to emigrate to look for other opportunities, and eventually only few hundred residents remained once the mining industry had died out.
However, things started taking a turn for the better from 2008, when a local cat lover organized volunteers to start offering abandoned cats a better life. They posted the cats' pictures online, resulting in an overwhelming response from other cat lovers around the nation. Soon, Houtong became a center for cat lovers as word spread, and the number of cats living there increased - thus reviving a declining village, and transforming it into a tourist destination. Some cats are sterilized, and will have one of their ears trimmed as confirmation - this helps to keep check on the local population of cats, and also helps identify new cats which enter into the village."
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[@MelanieMichelin]

Yay!! I have been waiting so long for the Cat village upload! 🐱🐱🐱🎉

[@susandorman3049]

What about places in China that boil cats alive. True. Horrible. But true.

[@ActionKid]

It’s finally here 😃

[@RicD.15208]

Your channel is a HUGE help during this pandemic. THANK YOU! 😷👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@ActionKid]

You’re welcome!

[@CityWalks]

👍My kids would love this. We always go to a cat cafe when we can find one on our travels. This looks great. -H

[@ActionKid]

Sweet!

[@NYC_Urbanista]

Thank you for sharing such a peaceful place with us! Hope you are staying safe & healthy.

[@ActionKid]

Thank you

[@dream.machine]

That was such a cool cute video tour. I like Cat Village now, it is so fun and cute.

[@ssadvweld1]

Yay! I've been looking forward to the Cat Village! Thank you for sharing.

[@mbwheeler5641]

Haven't we all lol

[@ssadvweld1]

@Runner Girl And what did you think? I expected it to be all indoors with unlimited handling.

[@judithhinton5784]

I'm a certified cat lover, Stephanie. I was waiting to see the Cat Village video also. Did you notice how unafraid of people these cats are? They're well-fed and seem content.

[@ssadvweld1]

@@judithhinton5784 Me too. I was amazed none of the cats ran away from people. What about the one just sleeping away oblivious to all of the people? I agree they were all fat and happy with beautiful coats; also surprising. So, how many cats do you have? I had my last cat for 20 years. When she died my boys were desperate to get a kitten. We ended up fostering a pregnant calico. She had 7 kittens!!! It was an awesome experience. We helped adopt out 5 and kept 2. We still have one of the two. One died tragically last year. He would sometimes cuddle up to my dog but our female has no interest in the dog. Because the dog is always with me I never see the cat. I will definitely have more cats in the future...and a dog or two!

[@judithhinton5784]

@@ssadvweld1 Hi from "ghost town" NYC! All those cats were beautiful and their coats were nice and shiny. I've always had cats..I just love their independence and "whatever" attitude. I would have been in my glory in the cat village. My last baby, Imani, passed in 2015. She was 15, but my baby Jade lived for 18 years! I don't currently have a kitty but may adopt one later this year. Hope you and your family are doing well.

[@HengMiao]

I watched this in 2020 but didn't leave a comment. Rewatching this in 2022! There's so many cute 😺 in Cat Village! 😻 Really enjoyed your Taiwan trip! 😃

[@eyeglasslady9266]

There used to be a place near our last home that was garden like.There were some cats and other animals there. I like cats and noticed many of them are larger the usual...well fed? 😻 I would open a place like this near me if I had the means. Great place to go visit if you need a time out. Peaceful. Thanks again ActionKid for another cool video. 😻

[@ActionKid]

You’re welcome. I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

[@__-qd7zv]

I remember going to Taipei for vacation and I visited the cat village, and I swear by my life, you won't regret visiting it.

[@aleccooks]

You must feel so relaxed and relieved that you're in such a peaceful place than to be in NYC

[@judithhinton5784]

The cat rolling around was a female in heat. Well, I guess she has her choice of males there🐱 The cats are well taken care of and healthy. Love this video, AK. A nice way to end your time in Taiwan!

[@ActionKid]

Thank you 😊

[@MrBroncolinShows]

This is wonderful in many ways!

[@trueloveep]

This is an amazing video and I love your voice narrative. Thank you!

[@LovinglyStonedProd]

Ak! This video is hilarious! Your reactions are great! These cats are so fat! Aloha from Texas, Dr. Liam Sullivan Stone, D.D., Ph.D., N,D.

[@ActionKid]

Glad you enjoyed it 😃

[@mikioni]

Beautiful video

[@joelove1367]

Glad to see a beautiful dog there

[@kennethnomam9193]

AK you certainly made the best of 3 week stay in Taiwan, so much video content. Makes me wonder how in the heck did you get any sleep!😀

[@ActionKid]

I really made the most of my time there 😃

[@ssadvweld1]

That was fascinating; too many observations to comment on all of them...the guy at the end just lounging away not bothered by people walking by...and didn't you say petting the cats was not allowed? I saw a lot of rule-breakers and I would be one of them!

[@ActionKid]

Yup, petting the cats isn’t allowed!

[@gwardell2]

Nice village. Nice cats. 🐈

[@rolo6932]

Awesome video! The cats are beautiful and well fed! Do people live in the village or is just open for businesses?

[@borntoraisehell5353]

Oh so very interesting! 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️👍👍

[@jasonfarley5763]

Very Cool!!! And interesting! I haven't seen this video until today!

[@ssadvweld1]

I read there are stairs down to the Keelung River. The signage was not very clear and I'm afraid you missed it.

[@streetsofasia8895]

ActionKid, my fellow walker, there are none who can deny the successes of your contents if they are truly watching it with unclouded eyes. I will continue to click the thumb images for your latest channel contents always.

[@jenlarge9036]

I love cats.

[@joelove1367]

At 22:41 what type of birds were those flying down?

[@ActionKid]

I would like to know too!

[@sherylleelee]

I love cats. ❤🐱

[@shynalace3893]

Awesome

[@RossRoams]

Really interesting place..!!

[@dalilagonzalez5839]

I wish you could make more walking videos without talking ❤

[@joelove1367]

Go and make your own videos

[@jenlarge9036]

Tell me the sound of that train did'nt remind you of New York.

[@marianne3777]

👍❤️🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈❤️

[@rolo6932]

Here a cat, there a cat. Everywhere a cat cat!

[@ActionKid]

So many cats!

[@ceecoursian]

There are other areas that are not in the video to see also . Make sure you see it all

[@mbwheeler5641]

Does it smell ? Like that cat spray smell, you know what I mean. Ammonia.

[@ActionKid]

No, it didn’t smell

[@mbwheeler5641]

😂 great

[@Gimmekiss-ix1hh]

That's a lot of cat the last time I saw that many cats was at a adult comicon!

[@Dumb-Comment]

It feels like Taiwan saw what the Japanese did and they copied it

[@gabrielm8150]

Taiwan was under Japanese rule from 1895 to 1945

[@mrmiguelitoronto]

AK I appreciate you so much, you can contact me to my WhatsApp whenever you want

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Easy pumpkin 84

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Athletic snake 97

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[@nematube]

Wow, that's a badly maintained, decrepit village oosing poverty there.

[@bctvanw]

nematube That’s a poor old coal mining town indeed. The coal mine was closed down long ago. The railway was for transportation of coal mine rather than carrying people for its original purpose. Nowadays, people go there because of the cats, but not because of some fancy luxury building or high rises.