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Neko no Niwa, rajdamnern condo bangkok The Company of Cats and The Cat Café feature cats who were rescued. Cat cafés in South Korea have been very successful among both residents and tourists in South Korea. The Singaporean Cat Cafes are regulated and licensed by AVA and they are all bound to a ‘code of conduct’. South Korea also has several cat cafés, most in Seoul, the capital city of South Korea. Cat Cafes usually have their own/specific houserules. Individuals having questions with their cat needs, can join the Cat Welfare Society, which helps with medical fees, sterilization costs or adopting of the cats.

The first was Cat’s Store (猫の店, Neko no Mise), by Norimasa Hanada, which opened in 2005. The popularity of cat cafés in Japan is attributed to many apartments forbidding pets, and to cats providing relaxing companionship in what may otherwise be a stressful and lonesome urban life. Other forms of pet rental, such as rabbit cafés, are also common in Japan. There are various types of cat cafés in Japan.

Some feature specific categories of cat such as black cats, fat cats, rare breed cats or ex-stray cats. Japanese cat cafés feature strict rules to ensure cleanliness and animal welfare, in particular seeking to ensure that the cats are not disturbed by excessive and unwanted attention, such as by young children or when sleeping. Every cat café in Japan is required to obtain a license and comply with the strict requirements and regulations of the nation’s Animal Treatment and Protection Law. Many cat cafés also seek to raise awareness of cat welfare issues, such as abandoned and stray cats and many often have cats from local animal shelters to help them lose any fear of humans and advertise them for possible adoption.

15 cats live there. In 2018, the cat cafe De Familie Snorhaar opened in Breda. This is a coffee and cake cafe that is also a shelter for homeless cats. Shortly afterwards Pebbles opened its doors as the first cat café in Rotterdam. In August 2016 kattencafé Ditjes & Katjes opened in The Hague. In 2017, the cat cafe Jippies opened in Haarlem. The name is a combination of Polish words kocia (of a cat) and kawiarnia (a café). The cat café Miespoes opened in Den Bosch in 2016, as did cat café Katdeau in Hengelo.

It has vegan items on the human menu. Cat café in Novosibirsk, Russia. In 2016, a cat café was opened in Lublin. It was the subject of many controversies in the local media. After one day of activity it was closed by sanitary inspectors. The second cat café in Romania, La Pisici Cafe opened in September 2015 in Timișoara. Miau Cafe opened in Spring 2015 in Bucharest. Eventually the conflict was settled and the cafe remains open.