Orchard Park will soon be home to a pet hotel, when the retailer PetSmart opens its first local hotel at its location on Amelia Drive. And in Amherst, a town resident wants the Town Board to allow him to rezone a parcel on Main Street on which he hopes to build a luxury cat hotel. PetSmart, which opened its first hotel in 2001, gives its furry guests “poochy cots and hypoallergenic lambskin blankets and supervised play and parklike relief areas. Manno, who did not return telephone calls seeking comment, noted in his letter that this type of service is common in other nations and is growing in popularity in the United States. She started a hotel service for pets in her parents’ Wheatfield home more than 30 years ago when she was a teenager. read more

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