A county office in Las Cruces, New Mexico, is home to one of the most ingenious stress-relief ideas ever: a cat library, where office workers can check kittens in and out like books.
City officials installed a kitten playpen in lobby of the building in May 2012 as a way to promote the adoptable cats from local shelters. Inside the playpen are several cat condos, scratching posts and toys — and plenty of rescue kitties.
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Visitors to the cat library can simply sign in, play with a kitten, then sign back out.
"It definitely relieves stress," community planner Angela Roberson tells CBS News. "I mean how can it not when you have a little fuzzy thing that you can take back to your office?"
Thus far, the unusual library has been responsible for the adoption of 100 cats — and hopefully many more in the future.
One thing is certain: a cat library is just as adorable and uplifting as it sounds. "The joy, the smiles, I've seen so many smiles," "Kitten Librarian" Becky Garcia says in a CBS interview.