Guests at Feline Community Network & Cat Themed Gift Shop are greeted by the presence of four beautiful cats named Rowen, Peaches, Birdie and Celeste.

Each cat does his or her own thing with some sidling up and looking to be petted and others just wanting to be admired and fawned over.

“They have been trained that when they hear the ding of the doorbell they know people are coming,” founder and executive director Michelle Duca said.

At night the cats, three of whom are either blind or visually impaired, head back to the office at the end of the day after being signaled with a clap.

“Cats are very trainable,” Duca said.

Duca, a self-described cat-rescuer who wears a t-shirt inscribed with “Cat Person,” opened her present shelter at 1001 W. 37th Ave. two years ago.

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