<div><p>Meet Lynea Lattanzio, the self-proclaimed craziest of cat ladies. </p><p>She lives in a trailer on her six acre property because about 1,100 cats have taken over her 4,200 square foot home. But, she's not complaining. In fact, she's purrrfectly content to live in a cozy home, if it means better care for several hundred homeless cats.</p><p>The sixty-seven-year-old woman runs <a href="http://www.cathouseonthekings.com/whatwedo.php">Cat House On The Kings</a>, California's largest no-cage, no kill sanctuary for feral and abandoned cats. </p><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>According to Lynea, it all started with a box of 15 abandoned kittens. By the end of her first year, she had rescued and re-homed 90 abandoned cats. </p><p>In 1993, she came out of retirement and completed studies to become a surgical veterinary technician with a local veterinarian.</p><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3-1.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3-1_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><p>Now, fully dedicated to rescuing and caring for cats, she sold her 1973 Mercedes 450 SL, her two-karat diamond wedding ring and got zoning permission for her property to hire volunteers and qualify for financial support.</p><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3-2.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3-2_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3-2_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3-2_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3-2_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3-2_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3-3.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3-4.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3-5.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3-5_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3-5_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3-5_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3-5_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2265562226-3-5_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p><strong>Hear the story in her own words below: </strong></p><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="MLhesmKn4Cs"></amp-youtube></div><p>There are nearly 500 cats and kittens available for adoption right now. Visit their <a href="http://www.cathouseonthekings.com/adoption/index.php">website here</a> for more information.</p><p>Remember: Adopt - Don't shop!</p><p><strong>Like & Share if you agree!</strong></p></div>
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