Ever since Chantelle Gaudette heard in regards to the idea of cat cafes, she was hooked.
“I knew that I all the time needed to work with animals, I simply did not precisely know and what sort of platform so I heard about these and completely fell in love with the idea,” stated Gaudette, the proprietor of the Yay for Strays cat cafe on Ottawa Street.
For a payment of $7 for a half an hour or $10 for a full hour, cat lovers can hang around with and play with cats in a big room filled with toys and vibrant paintings behind the shop.
The cats must be sequestered from the entrance space the place meals is served attributable to well being unit laws.
The entrance a part of the shop carries cat associated merchandise, espresso and desserts.
“I’ve all the time been in love with animals my complete life. I do not understand how anybody cannot be. I would not wish to be alive in the event that they weren’t right here,” stated Gaudette.
The Windsor-Essex County Humane Society provides the cats that are chosen primarily based on their temperament and the way they get together with different cats.
All of them — up to now there are six — are up for adoption which is dealt with by the humane society.
“Our adoption coverage is de facto attempting to get cats into home, so we’re not attempting to maintain individuals from getting cats. We know there’s numerous locations they will get cats, so we actually attempt to assist discover a cat who’s an excellent match for that particular scenario,” stated Melanie Coulter, government director of the humane society.
“The cat cafe is a superb alternative for individuals to listen to about adoption, have a chance to spend a while with cats in the event that they have no of their very own, and we’re comfortable so as to add them to our listing of off-site adoption places,” stated Coulter.
The cat cafe is ready to open on Feb. 24.
