Craig Grant offers a home to more than 500 cats at his Caboodle Ranch near Tallahassee, Florida. Grant started it after suffering "empty nest syndrome" when his three kids moved out:

"What started as one cat quickly grew to 150. Grant would take in strays and pick up cats at construction sites. But, soon enough, five acres wasn't quite enough elbow room for all the residents, so in five-acre by five-acre patchwork plots, Grant expanded Caboodle Ranch into a 30-acre property. While some have called the ranch a dumping ground, according to Grant, he has taken keen attention to creating a home 'where cats aren't treated like animals.' Starting with $100,000 out of his own pocket, Grant has designed and built a showcase property that conjures notions of a gingerbread village. The feline city is complete with a city hall, police department, Caboodle chapel, an elementary school, and, of course, Walmart. To find respite from the hustle and bustle of downtown life, the kitties merely need to cross the river to the Cat Nap Inn, where they can relax in lake-front cabins."

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