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ver 200 fabulous felines are headed to vance of the event! Visit www.felinepawfoundation.
Deer Park, TX for a weekend of “Felines, Foot- org/spectator.html to purchase your tickets.
Oball and Fun”!! The Feline PAW Foundation,
a non-profit organization, is pleased to bring to the Children and adults are welcome! There will be breed-
Greater Houston area one of the largest cat shows in ers, exhibitors, judges and vets available to explain
this region with its Championship and Household Pet about all the different breeds and answer all your ques-
Cat Show on Jan 26-28, 2018 at the Jimmy Burke Ac- tions about the cats or show.
tivity Center in Deer Park, TX. Hours will be 4-8 pm
on Friday, 9:30 – 5 pm on Sat and 9:30 – 4 pm on Sun. “If you enjoyed last year’s show, you won’t want to miss
A portion of the proceeds from this show will go to our second annual event,” said Michelle Piatt, Feline
support local animal shelters and rescues! We donated Paw Foundation Secretary and Vendor Coordinator for
$5000 last year! Come be a part of this great weekend! the event. “We’ll have an international judges panel as
well as a ‘Friday Fiesta Night’ and Spanish-speaking
ᐅ Fun for the Entire Family! segments in our education booth throughout the
ᐅ International Judging panel including judges from weekend. We had incredible attendance last year and
Sweden, Japan, Mexico and all over the US hope to see even more of the community take part this
ᐅ Si Habla Español! Spanish speaking Education Ring year!”
Q & A – Fri 5:30 & 7 pm
ᐅ Spanish Speaking judging rings Saturday and Sun- “The ‘Felines, Football and Fun’ cat show will be full of
day all day opportunities to meet a wide variety of beautiful cats,
ᐅ Friday Night Fiesta (5 to 7 pm) courtesy of The shop pet-friendly vendors and even see Mayor Jerry
Don-Key – Free chips & salsa while they last Mouton pick out his favorite cats!” said Marlon Azada,
ᐅ Meet special breeds like the Bengal, Lykoi, Devon Vice President of the Feline Paw Foundation. “We’ll
Rex, & Scottish Fold up close and personal also have several local animal shelters and rescue or-
ᐅ Shop over 20 vendors with everything for the ganizations represented, and the whole purpose of the
cat and the cat lover alike show is to raise money to support their efforts.
ᐅ Talk with veterinarians regarding health questions
on-site This will be a great opportunity for parents and their
ᐅ Dress up for the Best Cat Costume contest kids to come learn and ask questions about various
ᐅ Adopt a rescue cat on-site or become a foster family breeds.” he said. “The Feline Paw Foundation will be
ᐅ Special judging for youth exhibitors - Junior Exhib- bringing a wide variety of cats specifically for our edu-
itors cation booth so people will get to touch, feel and get to
ᐅ Enter the raffle to win items like a Litter Robot ($500 know them.”
value), Kendra Scott jewelry ($265 value), and more!
ᐅ Delicious BBQ and drinks available Contact
ᐅ And of course, over 200 beautiful show cats rep- Media contact is Michelle Piatt at 832-556-9370.
resenting 50+ breeds from around the world on Public Contact is Michelle Richards at 469-939-7161.
exhibition For more info on the Feline PAW Foundation call
469-939-7161. This show is sanctioned by TICA – The
Admission International Cat Association.
Adults $7, Children (6 to 12)/Seniors 65+ $4, Children For more info see www.tica.org
under 6 FREE! Weekend passes are available as well
with Adults at $10 and children/seniors $7. Tickets
may be purchased online with a $1 discount in ad-

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