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Animal charities in southern Spain were urgently seeking homes for 110 cats on Saturday after they and their owner were evicted from a flat in the Valencia region. 

An animal shelter in the southeastern seaside town of Gandia, had initially thought there were only 96 cats in the flat. But by Saturday evening, the charity said it had removed a total of 110 cats and urgently needed help to shelter them "at least until they are vaccinated or sterilised."

The cats had been left homeless after they and their owner were evicted from an apartment in the town measuring 100 square meters, they said. "Apparently the owner took in a pair of cats three years ago and they have been procreating ever since," Salvadora Tormas, who works with the shelter, told AFP. 

"It's a disaster. Someone should have helped this guy," she said. They had been tipped off by the local authority but had received no help to recover all the animals, she added.


Newspaper headline: 110 cats on roof after Spain eviction