A beige feline paces between two Gaudi-style columns at the empty 2 Cats cafe in Seoul, with upturned stools standing on the tables where humans ...
SEOUL: A beige feline paces between two Gaudi-style columns at the empty 2 Cats cafe in Seoul, with upturned stools standing on the tables where humans sat to play with them in pre-virus days.
Many also provide encounters with more exotic species. Meerkats and raccoons are particularly popular - both have behaviour patterns endearing to human eyes - although the trade in these creatures faces heavy opposition from animal rights groups.A family of wallabies - their names Alkong and Dalkong translate as"Lovey" and"Dovey" - looked sheepish when caught stealing bananas at the Eden Meerkat Friends Cafe in the tourist district of Myeongdong.
And Ji Hyo-yeon, owner of the Raccoon Cafe Table A - which also stocks turtles and lizards as well as meerkats - said some people avoided his premises after hearing the virus was first contracted from a wild animal.
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