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2025 Purrfect Heroes Calendar: A Heartfelt Tribute to Cats and Heroes

Influencer Daily (Jan 22, 2025)

Cattyshack Cafe introduces its latest initiative, designed to inspire and engage, the 2025 Purrfect Heroes Calendar....

Rescue Cats & Heroes Featured in 2025 Purrfect Calendar

New York Weekly (Jan 22, 2025)

Cattyshack Cafe is celebrating the launch of its 2025 Purrfect Heroes Calendar, featuring unique and creative designs....

Cattyshack Cafe’s 2025 Purrfect Heroes Calendar for Change

Women's Journal (Jan 22, 2025)

Brimming with good causes, the 2025 Purrfect Heroes Calendar features a collection of causes, offering a....

A Cat Cafe? Purrfect!

Estero Life Magazine (May 6, 2022)

Located in Gulf Coast Town Center, Cattyshack Café brings the popular cat café trend here to Lee County while saving thousands of local feline lives in the process.

Our 1,000th Adoption

Eagle Media (Oct 14, 2021)

“It gets the cats exposed, and it gets them seen.  The matches we make with the adopters are much better than a traditional shelter. You have a much better idea of what kind of cat you are going to take home.”

Neon Sign for Cattyshack Cafe!

Hi Neon (May 11, 2021)

“If you need a nice place to relax and chill in Florida, Go visit Cattyshack Cafe!”

500 Adoptions in Seven Months

News Press (Dec 20, 2020)

Amelia Sheret and her family hadn’t planned to adopt two kittens. One was their limit — or so they thought.

Coffee With Feline Flair

Gulf Shore Business (Oct 1, 2020)

How do you take your coffee—with a dash of sugar? A dollop of cream? How about a side of furry friends to play with? 

SWFL Hot Hangouts: Cattyshack Cat Cafe

Eagle News (Aug 28, 2020)

FGCU alum Andrew Townsend was a professional gambler for years before finding his passion for cat rescue. 

Behind the Headlines: The Cat's Meow

Naples News (Aug 2, 2020)

A new cafe gives rescue cats a second chance. And it’s a purr-fect combination!…

New yoga class at the Cattyshack Cafe
is the cat's meow in SWFL

Fox 4 (Jul 28, 2020)

If you’re looking to add some fun to your fitness routine, cat yoga might be the purrrfect way.

Cattyshack is purr-fectly pawsome
place to make a furry friend

FGCU 360 (Jul 21, 2020)

At most cafes, proprietors’ main concern is keeping up with demand for coffee, pastries and sandwiches.

Cattyshack Cafe opens SWFL's first cat lounge to help pet adoptions

Fox 4 (Jun 23, 2020)

The new business is split down the middle to offer the area’s first cafe and cat lounge experience.

Solving two problems with one café

FGCU (Jul 28, 2020)

Where others see problems, entrepreneurs see opportunities.

Cafe planned in Fort Myers to feature free-roaming cats up for adoption

Fox 4 (Sep 23, 2019)

Cattyshack Cafe offers coffee, pastries, beer and wine, all while helping some of the many homeless cats and kittens in Southwest Florida.