Ukrainian woman lives with 55 cats, in her one-bedroom apartment

A Ukrainian woman who has been rescuing street cats for the last ten years says she prefers them to humans.

Raisa lives with her daughter, granddaughter and 55 cats, in her one-bedroom apartment in Crimea.

The 66-year-old lady had started to build small houses for the felines out on the streets, but neighbours did not like that, and set their dogs to destroy them.

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She then decided to rescue all the cats she had been feeding outside and moved them inside her home. Scroll down for video…