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Cat Cafe Opens Up In Manhattan_ by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Apr 25, 2014 8:00 PM UTC Cat Cafe Opens Up In Manhattan by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Apr 25, 2014 8:00 PM UTC As part of a marketing stunt, Purina ONE opened up a four-day cat café in New York City this week where patrons can pet cats from the North Shore Animal League shelter on Long Island and sip “cat’achinos”, a twist on cappuccinos. If you don’t live in New York, you can still watch the action via [livestream](http://eater.com/archives/2014/04/24/watch-the-cat-cafe-livestream.php) until April 27. **MORE:** [Grumpy Cat Is Not Impressed with TIME’s Photo Shoot](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/03/22/grumpy-cat-is-not-impressed-by-times-photoshoot/) ## Transcript [00:00] Welcome [00:02] to Cat Cafe by Purina ONE. The goal of what we're [00:04] doing here is trying to start a conversation about cat [00:07] health. And what better place to do that than over a [00:09] cup of coffee with some friends in a cafe? [ MUSIC ] We [00:15] brought the first cat cafe to North America. You know, [00:18] you can grab a cattachino, with a cute little cat face in [00:20] it. You could come in. You could be among these [00:23] happy, healthy adoptable cats. This is Valerie. She's [00:26] been camped out on me for about an hour now, just [00:30] kind of shifting positions, enjoying all of the [00:33] photography. [ MUSIC ] For the adoption process, what [00:37] you'd have to do is you'd have to come down here and [00:39] talk to one of our adoption counselors. They fill out an [00:41] application with you and we ask you for some [00:42] references. And we would approve the adoption on the [00:45] same day. People love the cats. And so this is a place [00:49] where you can come and sit and talk with like- minded [00:51] people about cat health and be among cats. I just [00:53] wanted to look at cats. Yeah, I really like [00:57] them. 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