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From one ‘stray cat’ which her son picked up on a street in Georgetown and took home to Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, Jennifer Cipriani and her family now house and feed 50, have found homes for many more and this is ongoing. However, this is so costly that Cipriani is seriously considering placing the animals, her “babies” as she calls them, in an open controlled environment she can operate a business that would attract animal lovers who want to relax in a space where the cats could act as healers. The income from this could be used for the upkeep of the animals and at the same time they would be socialised and exposed for adoption. “Within a week of my son bringing home the cat, as cats usually do, he held onto our hearts. We named him Otis. At one time, he was obviously someone’s pet because he was loving, clingy and well behaved. He was the sweetest thing ever. Six months later, during Mashramani 2021 we found him dead under one of the vehicles in front of the yard. We cried our hearts out, buried him and in his honour, we decided to start fostering cats that were without homes,” Cipriani told Stabroek Weekend in an interview.
