What affects us affects cats
Cafe: Catfe (now called a ‘Bunny Bar’) Place: Vancouver Issue: Ran out of cats Solution: Replace cats with bunnies Strange word in audio file: ‘pivots’ meaning ‘change’ Do you like this?! Do you understand the story? It is recited by a robot (well actually software). Here is a video in case you didn’t understand …
The owners of Catastrophe Cat Cafe in Needham Market, Suffolk, Laura Moyes and Gemma Whitehouse, say that they were forced to close because of a hate campaign. My research confirms this. The campaigners may have been well intended but I’m not sure whether it was fair. Mistakes were certainly made however. The café was …
Meow Cat Café in Toronto denied disabled teenager Jacob Trossman entry because he uses a wheelchair. The reason why the owner, Erica Yun, banned him is because a cat had been injured by a client in a wheelchair. It was Jacob’s birthday celebration making the banning all the more hurtful and he loves cats. …
How does the cat café work? It works like any other café. The cats are a human attractant! Their purpose is to bring in customers. This business model is built around the attitude that the majority of people like cats. Cats also provide an improved ambience. Clearly the cats will detract from the attractiveness …
A prominent pink notice stuck onto the front door of Boston’s yet to open and brand-new Purr Cat Café was embarrassingly unfortunate. It sent the wrong signal to the public and the reason why it was there is because somebody made an allegation of animal cruelty and reported it through the city’s 311 system. …
His name is Jonathan Tan Wei-De (aka Jonathan Tan). He opened a cat café in Singapore called ‘Cuddles Cat Café’. He broke several animal welfare laws and regulations in Singapore during the short tenure of ownership of his business and as a consequence he was convicted and fined $3,500 in lieu of a two …
This story unfolded in Singapore. The former owner of the Cat Cuddles Café, Jonathan Tan Wei-De was convicted of being in breach of the Agri-Veterinary Authority (AVA) licensing conditions in failing to keep the cats at the café in good health; seven of the thirty cats died before the café opened. A poor record …
This is a great success story for cat cafés and cat rescue. I must say that I am surprised to read that the Pounce Cat Café in Charleston has adopted out 150 rescue cats and kittens in three months; a fantastic rate. I’ll speculate and suggest that this cat café is the most successful …
