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Cat woman - 130 times

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VIDEO report on Russian cat lady who cares for 130 cats in her tiny 2-rm apt in Novosibirsk. She took in her first stray 15 yrs ago, and couldn't refuse a fuzzy face since.

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{"commentId":935425,"authorDomain":"MinnieApolis"}

You gotta see the video with all the cats hopping around at feeding time.
Also has an interview with a neighbor.

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Reply#1 - Thu Aug 9, 2007 4:44 PM EDT
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Thanks, Laura.

An interesting video, for sure.

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Reply#2 - Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:39 AM EDT
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Now it occurs to me -- Novosibirsk must be crawling with stray cats. This lady found all of them, at least that's how this story looks. In other words, she is not breeding them. So all these cats were roaming just one neighborhood? Right? At least they look fairly cared for. Hard to see any real detail, but they do not appear to be suffering mange or anything. This is a very unusual case, to say the least.
I don't think I will schedule my next vacation to Novosibirsk, tho.

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    Reply#3 - Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:25 PM EDT
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