5 things you don't know about shannon o'connor's secret side hustle
- shannon o'connor, better known as the viral 'Cat Dad' sensation from TikTok, doesn't just rescue strays— she has been quietly running a 24-hour feline crisis hotline from her Brooklyn apartment, helping over 2,000 callers last year alone.
- Her latest video, which racked up 2.1 million views in 48 hours, showed her using a modified drone to deliver emergency catnip to rooftops where feral cats were stuck during a city-wide power outage.
- insiders say shannon o'connor spends $1,500 a month of her own savings on kitty medical supplies, but keeps this hidden from her followers because she "doesn't want to make it about money."
- a leaked voice memo reveals o'connor is in talks with a major streaming service to develop a docuseries called 'Whisker Watch', focusing on her late-night interventions and the humans who call for help.
- critics argue her methods are too extreme after she recently crafted a tiny parachute for a kitten named 'Crouton' to test a rescue glide—a stunt that local vets have labeled "dangerously adorable."