{"id":348805,"date":"2026-06-24T18:29:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/348805\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T18:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:29:27","slug":"cat-lounge-lets-visitors-get-to-know-adopt-shelter-animals-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/348805\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Cat lounge\u2019 lets visitors get to know, adopt shelter animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; A Lubbock business hosted a test run and adoption event Saturday afternoon, aimed at giving visitors a glimpse of its feline theme and a chance to adopt shelter animals from the South Plains SPCA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/criticalwhiskers\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/criticalwhiskers\">Critical Whiskers<\/a>,\u201d a cat-themed hobby shop, hosted the mixed event at its storefront near 50th and Avenue W. The one-day partnership with the SPSPCA served as a test run for its indoor \u201ccat lounge\u201d and showcased cats and kittens from the shelter who were up for adoption. At least half a dozen adoptions were processed there, with more applications submitted for other animals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">When it fully opens, aimed for late next week, the lounge will allow visitors to make reservations to play games or simply spend time with shelter animals in a controlled environment with volunteers from the SPSPCA. The volunteers will also offer fosters and adoptions for interested visitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The store will provide updates on scheduling and reservations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/criticalwhiskers\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/criticalwhiskers\">on its social media pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; A Lubbock business hosted a test run and adoption event Saturday afternoon, aimed at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-348805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}