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Understanding the Purr-pose of Cat Cafés

The Cat Collective aims to help visitors understand how cat cafés complement traditional shelters by offering cats a relaxed, home-like environment that encourages natural behavior and deeper human connections. This site explains how cafés boost adoption rates, relieve shelter overcrowding, and create positive community spaces, all while highlighting the important differences between the two models and providing additional relevant information in regard to taking care of your fur-babies.




Adopt Don't Shop

when we adopted a demon
Our youngest (now Kiwi) when she was adopted.
kiwi now
Her now living it up.

Facts!

~ The world's first modern cat café opened in Taipei in 1998.

first cat cafe in Taipei

They even have a dog!



~ Japan popularized the trend with themed cafés and breed-specific lounges.

cat cafe in Japan

Sadly, those usually aren't adoptable though.