NEW YORK—New York City’s first cat café, Meow Parlour at 46 Hester Street in Manhattan, does more than just provide guests with tea and desserts while in the comfort of cats. It has also partnered up with adoption group KittyKind to give its resident cats a chance to find permanent homes with guests who want to adopt them.
The concept of the cat café was popularized in Japan where many apartments forbid the keeping of pets. The cats at cat cafés provide companionship to people who do not have their own pets at home to relax and relieve their stress with.
The cat friendly furniture at Meow Parlour with places to sleep for the cats and books for the guests. Vergil Xia/Epoch Times
