Woman given 10-year cat ban after 29 felines found in squalor at her Christchurch home

A Dorset woman who kept a large number of Persian cats in conditions of squalor has been given a 10-year ban from owning any further felines.

RSPCA officers, who went to Lorraine George’s home in Christchurch on March 8 last year, found 29 cats were living in the property.

George had the housed the felines in the bathroom, bedrooms, ensuite and two pens in a conservatory of the property, which were all littered with faeces and dirt.

They, along with officers from Dorset Police, found many of the cats were in poor health, suffering from a number of ailments, including eye infections, respiratory illness, flea infestations, severely matted fur, while many were emaciated, two had ingrown claws and others dental issues.