First Australian Cat Cafe Opens in Melbourne

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A customer plays with a cat as she drinks a coffee at Cat Cafe Melbourne on July 25, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. Cat Cafe Melbourne is Australias first cat cafe. The cafe has several cats from rescue shelters which live at the premises. Patrons can watch and play with the cats while enjoying a coffee. Cat Cafes are becoming known world wide, the first opening in Taiwan in 1998. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

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A cat sits in a box at Cat Cafe Melbourne on July 25, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

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Customers drink a coffee as several cats roam at Cat Cafe Melbourne on July 25, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

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Customers drink a coffee as several cats roam at Cat Cafe Melbourne on July 25, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

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A customer plays with a cat as she drinks a coffee at Cat Cafe Melbourne on July 25, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

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A customer plays with a cat as she drinks a coffee at Cat Cafe Melbourne on July 25, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

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Customers drink a coffee as several cats roam at Cat Cafe Melbourne on July 25, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

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A customer plays with a cat as she drinks a coffee at Cat Cafe Melbourne on July 25, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

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A sign hangs on the door of a toilet at Cat Cafe Melbourne on July 25, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. Cat Cafe Melbourne is Australias first cat cafe. The cafe has several cats from rescue shelters which live at the premises. Patrons can watch and play with the cats while enjoying a coffee. Cat Cafes are becoming known world wide, the first opening in Taiwan in 1998. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

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