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Mexico: Local crafts benefit a feline cause

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“THERE is a lovely shop named Casa de los Gatos in the old city of Puerto Vallarta. Among the wares: beaded art, cornhusk angels and handmade gauze children’s clothing. Proprietor Eloise Sosa Sanchez is a one-woman shelter for the city’s homeless cats.”

La Casa de los Gatos, Basilio Badillo, 220 Col. Emiliano Zapata, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico.

BARBARA VAUGHAN

Los Angeles

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