In any city where people live, there are grocery stores that are accessible to anyone. Often these sell readily available food and drinks. So pests and rats often visit these shops to taste these foods. Sometimes there are more pests than people among the customers who come to the store. Let’s say it’s okay for these pests to come and go (that’s not good either). But when they build houses in there and start settling down, they get bored.
So while looking for a solution to this, some kind of cute solution is found. It is none other than our cute cat friend. The owner of the shop helps them to do as they wish because they think that any place where cats live is in their kingdom. Sometimes when you go to a store, you may see the furry owner of the store occupying a rug or a box by the door. They are often raised to protect the shop from pests and mice, but because they are cute, they attract customers and they also give free marketing to the shop.
Often in New York, places like this are called Bodegas. This service of cats is so important to the shop owner that he should be paid a monthly salary for them. Even if it is not possible to do so, the cats are evaluated and their photos are shared through the social media project called ‘Bodega Cats’. Rob Hitt is the man behind this amazing process. He has a huge following of only 1M on Twitter and closes to 500K on Instagram. So scroll down to the sweetest and funniest photo collection of these cute furbearers who work for free.
More info: Instagram | Twitter | bodegacats.nyc
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Health officials often inspect shops that sell food and beverages. The buildings used for them often have rodent and pest problems, it causing them to fail their test. So here the solutions available to the owner are limited, and in the end, it is left to ‘use pesticides’ and ‘adopt a cat’. Although the use of pesticides is common here, adopting a cat is the choice of owners who are honest about selling food and drink to a proper standard. It is the shop owner’s responsibility to raise a bodega cat in a healthy and disciplined manner as these contain food.
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The project features a collection of Bodega cats associated with various types of stores. In some cases, they have nicely contributed to getting rid of the laziness of the shop owner. So they can get the work done with the right mindset. We’d love to know if you’ve had experiences meeting Bodega cats. So I hope you will never hesitate to let us know where it is.
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