Hiss-toric cat tour coming to Vancouver sees huge demand
The first-ever cat tour is coming to Vancouver, and the hiss-toric event has already run out of room for more kitties.
If you’re wondering what a cat tour is, so were we when we first heard about it.
Thankfully, organizer Perri Lo gave Daily Hive the rundown about the tour, which takes place on Sunday, Aug. 24 in Mount (Meow-nt?) Pleasant.
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Lo has co-organized this tour with fellow feline enthusiast Christine Hagemoen. They’re both Mount Pleasant residents. But what the furry heck is a cat tour?
“I have a cat in Mount Pleasant that I’ve been walking around the block for the past few years, and I notice that there are a lot of other cats in the neighbourhood,” Lo told Daily Hive.
Seeing the number of cats in the neighbourhood, the organizers got the idea of showcasing them and sharing their quirky stories with cat lovers who would attend the tour. After Lo and Hagemoen posted a link for people to register their cats, the response was overwhelming.
“We had about 70 cats respond,” Lo said.
Well, it wasn’t the cats who responded directly, but their owners. We think.
The demand was so great that they actually had to turn some cats and their owners away.
“Mount Pleasant is a rather large neighbourhood, so we can’t accept everyone,” Lo said, adding that if they did, people would be walking around for hours.
However, registrations will be saved moving forward for anyone who was turned down for potential future cat tours in the current Mount Pleasant tour route or other parts of the neighbourhood.
Speaking of routes, the tour will proceed along Main Street to Scotia, between 5th and 10th avenues. And Main Street to Ontario and Broadway to 12th Avenue. The tours will stop at various addresses where registered cat owners reside. The owners will be given a rough timeframe for when the tour will arrive, and some may come out to share their cats’ tales with the tour group. Others might have their cats lounging in the windows, like models.
If you’re interested in attending, keep an eye on the cat tour’s Instagram page, where an Eventbrite link to purchase tickets will be posted soon. And don’t worry, it won’t cost a paw and a claw. Lo says ideally they want to charge around $10. She adds that they want to cap the tour at around 50 people, considering street safety, as they’ll be crossing some major roads.
The cat tour will conclude at Catoro Cafe, where the proceeds from the tour will be donated.
While this will be the first cat tour in Vancouver, there have been a few others around North America. One of the first ones took place in Minnesota, according to Hagemoen, who also has experience in this space, as she founded Mount Pleasant Heritage Walks.
Will you be trying to get tickets for this purriffic event?