Coffee and cats? Edmonton cat café pops up at downtown art gallery
Cat café finds new homes for three kittens, raises more than $500 for local rescue society
As a lineup of people waited patiently to get into the city's first-ever cat café this weekend, one little kitty couldn't wait to get out.
"He jumped to the top of the door and almost made it over and out," said Jacqueline Zohar, of Zoe's Animal Rescue Society.
The organization partnered with Sarah Hoyles and Aaron Getz for an adoption event at Latitude 53 on Saturday. Almost as soon as the event was advertised, tickets sold out.
Vivian Lam heard about it on Facebook.
"I was like, 'Oh, that's something my sister would like! She's totally a cat lady!" she said.
And she was right — Shevon Lam quickly made new furry friends.
"It really makes you want to adopt a cat," she said. "Having a chance to interact with them is a chance to see that it's not just a picture. It's an interaction that you really do enjoy."
Zoe's Animal Rescue Society doesn't have a shelter, so all of its pets are in foster homes.
After the cat café, three kittens could be moving into more permanent homes.
The event was also a fundraiser for the animal rescue, raising up to $800. The society will use the money for medical care for the cats, and to buy supplies like food and litter for them in their foster homes.
