Media caption, What is it like to share your house with 70 felines and kittycats? By Catriona Aitken BBC News Can you thinkof living with more than 70 felines? That is the truth for Karen Smy and her child Lauren Sheldrick from mid Wales, who run a small rescue and are “passionate” about the animals. They state having so numerous felines assists their psychological health and is an intense method of life. But need for felines to be rehomed hasactually endedupbeing “overwhelming” and the sheer number of felines can be “a living hell” which lotsof individuals do not comprehend. There are felines in every space of the home in Nantmel, Powys, consistingof the restroom and cookingarea. “We’ve constantly been a multi-cat household,” stated Karen, who has formerly worked as a nursery professional. “I think there’s about 60 that are saves, and then if you include Lauren’s 8 and you include my 10, you’ve got to be looking at over 70 felines at the minute.” Lauren, a trained art and style instructor who now works in the charity sector, stated: “I haveactually been through a lot of experiences with goodfriends and household, where individuals have let me down and I sanctuary’t been in extremely good circumstances and that’s what’s pressed me to felines. These people neverever truly let me down. “I kind of usage it on dating websites as a deterrent and, if somebody isn’t going to stick around [after] finding out that I live with this numerous felines, then they’re not worth my time.” Image caption, Lauren (left) and Karen live with more than 70 felines in their house Karen included: “We’re enthusiastic about felines, more than we can discuss. “I think you’ve got to be a unique kind of individual to not simply love animals, however make animals your world. And a lot of individuals puton’t get that.” The much-adored animals all have names and distinct characters, and Karen and Lauren can rapidly determine each and every one. “We’ve had them leave, we’ve had them conceal in drawers, we’ve had them dive off terraces. They’ll continuously take food, if they can discover it. They love the laser pen, that’s funny,” stated Karen. Image caption, Karen and Lauren state they’re constantly chasing around after ca
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