A Gardiner cat cafe marks a year and 42 adoptions

For the classroom

The Cat's Familiar is a cat cafe in Gardiner, Maine, a place where people can spend time with cats who need homes. It just finished its first year. In that year, 42 cats were adopted, which means 42 cats left the cafe to live with families. The cafe also opened a pet food pantry that does not ask questions. Anyone who needs food for a pet can take some. A year is the birthday they celebrated. Forty-two is the number of cats who found homes. The pantry is there so a pet already in a home does not go hungry.

1. What does a cat need in a new home during the first week?
2. Why would a food pantry for pets skip the questions?
3. How is visiting a cat cafe different from visiting a shelter?

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