Ailurophilia facts for kids

Ailurophilia or Cat fancy is a fondness or love for cats. It involves the appreciation, promotion, or breeding of cats.

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One aspect of cat culture is to wear clothing that identifies the wearer as a cat person. Some people even use a special type of language with "cat puns" such as meowvalous which means "marvelous", Caturday which means Saturday and pawsome which means awesome.

In Morocco, cats are so much a part of everyday life that they are found everywhere. An article by Morocco World News said that people visiting the place could think that the Moroccan person to cat ratio is pretty close to 1:1. Many Moroccans are said to love cats, and around the city there are piles of food and water trays left for the cats. A film by Tim Delmastro about what has been described as "Japan's Crazy Cat Culture" features Chris Broad, a British YouTube personality. Broad made his way across the country where he documented the numerous strange and interesting cat-centric activities, including cat bars, cat temples, cat islands and cat cafes.

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Countries around the world celebrate cat festivals. Singapore is full of cat lovers. It has a number of cat cafes and a cat museum. It had its first cat festival held in 2018. In Pasadena, California, there is a cat festival called CatCon Worldwide. In 2018, the POP Cats Convention in Austin, Texas was held. Websites for cat lovers include The Catnip Times and The Purrington Post.

According to the article "'Mysterious power over humanity': How cats affect health" by Alice Robb, there is a cat culture that flourishes online. There is a cat-themed cruise where cat lovers can meet people of the same type and have cat parties. There is a game called Cat-Opoly which is based on the board game Monopoly. With this game, cat lovers can buy cats instead of properties.