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now boost office morale, encourage reading, promote products and provide therapy. Community cats even work in private security.


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Millennials, now comprising a third of this country’s stressed-out labor force, according to the Pew Research Center and American Psychological Associa- tion, are among those that can benefit from having a cat around. Lowered blood pressure is one result, according to research by psychologist Karen Allen, Ph.D., conducted at the University at Buffalo. Even when comfort breaks are hard to schedule, insistent cats cannot be ignored. “Pompous Albert, a rejected show


cat, works at SafeWise, in Salt Lake City,” relates Sage Singleton, who handles Albert’s Instagram account. “He boosts morale, reduces stress and provides entertainment.”


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FELINE WORKFORCE Why a Job is the Cat’s Meow


by Sandra Murphy


ome cats started their careers in barns with minimal job opportu- nities. With updated skills, they


Carlos, a former rescue kitten,


greets employees at PetNovations, in Norristown, Pennsylvania, each morning. He’s the star of the corporate Instagram account and blog, and promotes the company’s eco-friendly Cat Genie litter- less cat box. Smith’s Ace Hardware and House-


wares, in Princeton, New Jersey, has Dusty patrol its 18,000-square-foot facility, often escorting customers along the aisles. At St. Augustine Health Ministries, in


Cleveland, the furry receptionist is Oreo. This black-and-white stray claimed the job by installing herself at the front desk to welcome guests and visit with resi- dents that miss having their own pet.


Therapists


At the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, Duke Ellington Morris visits with patients while nurses check vital signs; he’s part of an animal- assisted therapy program through the city’s Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.


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