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Cat Cafe Pairs Rats With Tiny, Orphaned Kittens & The Results Are Too Cute.

Published on Nov 2, 2017

When the Cat Garden opened its doorways in Taiwan almost 20 years in the past, the idea of mixing espresso and lounging with cuddly cats was novel.

But the thought’s unfold all over the world within the years since, with cat cafes now open in all places from Japan and India to France, Italy, and the U.S. Many of those institutions additionally function matchmakers of types, with their patrons finally adopting a number of of the furry felines.

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The Brooklyn Cat Cafe, which opened final yr, is operated by volunteers with the nonprofit Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition. At any given time, quite a few felines can be found for adoption. But what units this place aside is that there aren’t simply cats dwelling there…

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While they’re there, kittens develop pleasant, inter-species relationships with — imagine it or not, rats.

The cat-rat program launched a pair years in the past when the group started caring for a month-old kitten named Ebony.

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Ebony was identified with feline leukemia and needed to be stored in isolation, however nonetheless, she desperately craved consideration and companionship. So in got here Ivory, a giant white rat.

“He and Ebony became great friends and would cuddle and romp in their crate,” stated Anne Levin, supervisor of the New York institution.

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Ivory and Ebony have each since handed away, however their legacy continues with their successors, Emile and Remy. Both rats grew up with cats and due to this fact weren’t fazed after they had been delivered to the cafe to take care of different orphaned kittens.