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Quit your job and get paid to cuddle cats all day

Dream job!
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Rachel Thompson
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Quit your job and get paid to cuddle cats all day
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Imagine a world where you could spend your days cuddling adorable fluffy kittens.

A Dublin-based veterinary clinic is making that dream a reality as they're advertising a "cat cuddler" role. It sounds like the best job in the world.

Just Cats veterinary clinic in Clonsilla, Dublin, is looking for a "crazy cat person" who "loves cats". Among other requirements includes "cattitude" -- whatever that means. The ideal candidate will have a track record of feeding stray cats in your locality and they'll feel "warm and fuzzy" when they pet cats.

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That's not all you'll need, though...

You'll also need to have "gentle hands capable of petting and stroking cats for long periods of time". *Better crack out that hand lotion now, eh?!*

You'll also need to be "softly spoke" and "capable of cat whispering" to calm the nerves of more nervous cats.

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It doesn't end there, though.....

You'll also need to possess the rare skill of understanding different types of purring.

And, on top of all that?

You'll also need a qualification recognised by the veterinary council of Ireland.

Wannabe cat cuddlers can apply by sending CVs and cover letters to [email protected].

Good luck.

Topics Animals

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Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.


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