Field Museum to host Cat Café for Purr-esidents' Day
The last CBS News Chicago headline to come out of the Field Museum before Sunday was also about felines — specifically the man-eating Lions of Tsavo, which have been on display at the museum in taxidermy form since 1924.
But on Monday, Field Museum visitors will be in for something completely different. Some friendly cats — not taxidermy specimens or stars of nature films like those seen in "Cats: Predators to Pets" or elsewhere in the museum — but real, live cats looking for a new home.
The Field Museum is partnering with exhibition sponsor World's Best Cat Litter and the Anti-Cruelty animal welfare organization to host cat cafés at the museum. Anti-Cruelty will bring cats currently up for adoption at its River North Adoption Center, and visitors can pet, cuddle, and play with them.
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