Cat café "Cats Republic" in Saint Petersburg, Russia A cat café is a theme café whose attraction is cats who can be watched and played with.[1] Patrons pay a cover fee, generally hourly, and thus cat cafés can be seen as a form of supervised indoor pet rental. "Cat café" has been officially recognized in the online edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English since August 2015.[2] History[edit] The
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