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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. Patrons pay a cover fee, generally hourly, and thus cat cafés can be seen as a form of supervised indoor pet rental.
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