coffee with cats: McCormick Humane Society vies for adoptions with cat cafe days

How do you make adopting lovely and mewling kittens more attractive? McCormick's Humane Society decided to put off the word "adoption" and offer free espresso.

"It has been tremendous a success. occasionally we've as few as five individuals, but every now and then we have as many as 20 are available," mentioned Sydnee Voigt, clinical and adoption coordinator for the McCormick Humane Society.

For years, the no-kill, frequently privately funded nonprofit offered adoption open residences, however Voigt noticed few individuals attended. After a visit to Charleston the place she visited an exact cat cafe, offering drinks and snacks while surrounded via lounging tom cats, she decided to deliver the concept back to the McCormick cat guard.

"We simply got rid of the observe 'adoption' and we present drinks and some snacks, and greater americans begun coming," she talked about.

The community's cat take care of, accomplished about a 12 months ago, offers a communal ambiance for the cats after they've been established and medically cleared.

"we're what we name a communal shelter," Voigt pointed out. "You gained't find any cage banks right here."

On cat cafe days, Voigt pointed out families convey their toddlers and some will take a seat and skim books to the cats.

whereas one of the cats are skittish and hide in high areas, others dart and rub along visitors' legs, looking forward to consideration.

Contact body of workers author Damian Dominguez at 864-634-7548 or follow on twitter @IJDDOMINGUEZ.