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Animal activist Duo Zirong shares her Shanghai home with more than 1,200 cats.

They were rescued from being skinned and served up in Chinese kitchens.
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Most of the felines live in cages, while others crowd on shelves or cuddle in discarded boxes.
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All the cats have been rescued from the streets by 39-year-old Duo, who has become an animal rights icon in Shanghai.

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A woman searches for her lost pet at Duo's home.

Duo - or "Cat Woman" as she is known - and 30 animal lovers saved more than 800 cats after stumbling on a truck carrying the creatures to Guangdong province, where cat meat is highly prized.
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A former Chinese medicine doctor, Duo feeds the cats fresh meat each day.

Some of them are sick, blind and paralyzed.
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They cost the animal lover over 20,000 yuan (about £1,200) every month in upkeep.
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Duo's husband Liu Junluo feeds her soup.

The couple have had to move house a number of times after neighbours kept complaining about the smell from the cats.
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