Kotocafe , cat cafe - a place where cat lovers can look at these pets and play with them.
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Sometimes homeowners for various reasons do not allow residents to keep pets, in particular cats. One of the ideas of creating a cat cafe is just to satisfy people’s craving for these animals. In this form of relationship between humans and animals there are positive aspects, as pets impose a number of obligations on their owner.
The world's first cat cafe was opened in Taiwan in 1998 and was located in the city of Taipei . It became a famous place and attracted tourists from Japan . The first such cafe on the Japanese Islands was opened in Osaka [1] in 2004. Then similar cafes opened in other cities and today only in Tokyo there are several dozens of them. In Japanese cafes for an hourly fee, you can play with any cat you like or feed it.
Kotocafe in different countries
The first European Kotokaf "Republic of Cats" was opened in 2011 in St. Petersburg [2] , a year later - in Vienna (2012), later they appeared in the cities of Germany - Munich [3] , Berlin and Cologne . The first cafes in France appeared in Paris [4] (2013) and Lyon [5] (2014). In October 2014 the first Kotokaf in the Baltics opened in Vilnius [6] . In 2015, a similar cafe opened in Riga [7] .
In Belgium, the concept of a cat cafe changed: in July 2016, a cat cafe was opened in Ghent , in which cats from a shelter for homeless animals live. The owners of the cafe say that they have created a cafe for the benefit of not only people, but also animals: you can take your favorite cat from the cafe home by filling out the necessary documents for which the new owner undertakes to take good care of his animals. The Ghent cat café has the dreaming name DreamCATchers : the cafe’s mission is to make homeless cats dream of home. During the first month of the Gents cat cafe, a new house found 4 cats through it [8] [9] . In the US, the first Kotocafé was opened in 2014 in New York .
In Russia, cafes for cats, in addition to St. Petersburg, exist in Moscow [10] [11] (since 2015), Yekaterinburg , Kazan , Samara , Voronezh , Saratov, and other large cities. In the Hermitage there is a “Club of friends of the Hermitage cats ”, whose veterinary, Anna Kondratyeva , organized the cat café Republic of Cats [12] .
In August 2015, the Cat Cafe opened in Cherkasy ( Ukraine ), where 14 cats live [13] .
In 2016, the second Kotokaf “Republic Kotov” was opened in St. Petersburg. Entry is made for voluntary donation ("donation"). Any cat from there you can take yourself home [14] .
In January 2017, the Murrchim Kotokaf was opened in Nizhny Novgorod , in which about 100 cats lived. The cafe was created on the basis of a shelter [15] .
In August 2018, the first cat café in the Republic of Moldova, Cats Cafe, was opened in Chisinau.
See also
- Owl Cafe
Notes
- ↑ Cat's Cafe in Osaka (Rus.) , MIUKI MIKADO • Virtual Japan (May 2, 2011). The appeal date is July 8, 2017.
- ↑ How to open a kota-cafe . womenbz.ru. The appeal date is July 7, 2018.
- ↑ Fuchs, Florian . Am Katzentisch (him.) , Sueddeutsche.de (4. Juni 2013). The appeal date is July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Restaurant avec des chats (fr.)
- Prem Le premier café à chats de Lyon vient d'ouvrir (Fr.)
- ↑ žinios, verslo . Vilniaus center kurs kačių kavinę (lit.) , vz.lt. The appeal date is February 27, 2017.
- ↑ In a cat's paradise: the first of its kind “Minka kotokafa” Neopr (02/18/2015) opened in Riga .
- ↑ Guide in Gent Anna
- ↑ DreamCATchers - Adopt don't Shop! (nid.) wearedreamcatchers.be. The appeal date is July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Kotokafe "Seals and Men" opened on Sadovaya-Samotechnaya . City: Poster (March 6, 2015). The appeal date is April 6, 2015.
- ↑ Al-Salhani, M. Without a cat, life is not the same, or Why Muscovites Kotocafé (Not available link) . Mir24 (May 8, 2015). The appeal date is May 15, 2015. Archived May 16, 2015.
- ↑ Cat's cafe in St. Petersburg . Unknown planet . www.terra-z.ru. The appeal date is July 8, 2017.
- ↑ In Cherkassy, you can drink coffee and calm your nerves in the cat company . Today.ua (3 August 2015). The appeal date is September 8, 2015.
- ↑ Europe's largest cat cafe opened in St. Petersburg (Russian) , TASS . The appeal date is July 7, 2018.
- ↑ New kotkafe "Murrrchim" opens in Nizhny Novgorod . Open Lower (December 21, 2016). The appeal date is December 21, 2016.