PurrCon guests talk about feline health research

 “Pet Pals TV” host Patty Spitler joins News 8’s Gina Glaros and guests Joey Luthman and Dylan Snyder to talk about the return of PurrCon, which is part of PopCon, coming up May 8-10 at the Indiana Convention Center.

Snyder and Luthman will premiere their documentar,y “Catman: Journey to Save Cat Kind” May 10 at PopCon in downtown Indianapolis, hoping to raise awareness and funds for feline health research.

The film documents Luthman’s nearly 4,000-mile journey on a one-wheel — a single-wheeled electric board — from California to Maine to raise attention and donations for Every Cat Health Foundation. Snyder and his wife filmed the entire trip, while Luffman posted daily videos to social media along the way.

“It’s obviously a very big goal, but this is a very big problem,” Snyder said. “Chronic kidney disease and cancer are two of the leading causes of death in cats. The funding for feline research is not what it should be.”