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Would You Spend $899 for a Kitty Scratcher?
Vegetable-dyed scratch pads and organic catnip leaf? The money grows on these cat trees.
One of Jessica Portillo’s cats sits perched on a scratcher from Hollywood Kitty Company.Credit.Jessica Portillo for The New York Times
By Sydney Gore
April 9, 2021, 12:26 p.m. ET
Early on in the pandemic, Mi-Anne Chan grew tired of staring at the beige cat tree in her two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn. She had been tackling D.I.Y. projects during lockdown, so, inspired by the designs of the company Cat Haus, an idea was born.
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Bootsy proudly poses with her new home (and her human Mi-Anne Chan).Credit.via Mi-Anne Chan