In the 5 years that I've been in Korea I've never come across a cat that wasn't petrified of humans. Admittedly many of these cats were either feral or abandoned by their owners, but the fact remains that all the cats I've seen in Korea have been shit scared of humans.
Why?
Well I've also seen my fair share of people throw stones at cats (mostly teenagers) and I've witnessed several people chasing and attempting to kick them (and other animals) simply because they were in their vicinity.
With these experiences in mind, I was totally surprised yesterday when a scruffy-looking cat ran towards me at pace while I was walking outside the Campus Sports Centre and demanded that I pat it.
It wasn't even remotely timid or worried about being being handled and seemed to love the attention. Further, once I left it followed me a good 200 m down the road before it finally turned away.
I'm fairly sure it lives somewhere under the campus bridge and based on the poor condition of its coat, I think its been living there for a quite some time.
Animals like these make me miss New Zealand all the more, where its relatively common for cats to approach random people on the street looking for affection.
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