— A rare experience combining hands-on art and majestic cats is only days away. Paws and Palette is a three-hour event taking place at the Central Florida Animal Reserve (CFAR) in St. Cloud.

A glazed terra cotta cat rests on a sculpted clay bed above his dresser across the room, quietly sleeping as Seaman regains strength from an oxygen machine, hohhh-purrr, hohhh-purrr, before venturing ...