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Los Angeles shelter hopes cats' iPad art draws in donations
A "painting" produced by four cats using the iPad app, Paint for Cats. The results were so compelling, the shelter turned them into notecards and are selling them online for $5.99 a pack. The Los Angeles animal shelter is hoping a few crafty cats can sell their artwork. AP Photo/SPCALA.
LOS ANGELES (AP).- A Los Angeles animal shelter that lets its cats chase toys on top of iPads hope the digital art created by the movement will encourage donations of money and tablet computers.

An Animal Planet crew visited the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles for the April 14 episode of "Must Love Cats," where they documented how four cats used an app called Paint for Cats.

The results were so compelling that the shelter turned them into notecards. The cards with drawings named "Study in Feather Toys" and "Movement in Catnip" are being sold online for $5.99 a pack.

Shelter president Madeline Bernstein says the cats had so much fun, they put used iPads on their wish list so other cats can paint, too.




Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.



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