A temple in Fukui Prefecture, Japan has been labelled the cat temple as the monks there feed and look after the felines.<br /><br />Filmed in July, a large group of cats descend on Gotanjoji Temple as a monk empties food into a gutter.<br /><br />The place of worship adopted the cat temple name after monks encountered a group of abandoned cats and started to care for them.<br /><br />The monks started to have the cats surgically sterilised after the number of cats kept on increasing. <br /><br />Finding foster parents is very popular as people believe cats from Gotanjoji bring good fortune, so almost all meetings are successful in finding foster parents. <br /><br />A collection box is placed in the precinct and donations are also accepted which are used for the cost of food and treatment for the cats.
