Cats rule this house in Houston

A cat named Newman lives in Patti Thomas' feline residence in Houston.

A cat named Newman lives in Patti Thomas’ feline residence in Houston.

(Loren Elliott / For The Times)

Dec. 17, 2018 11:46 AM PT

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Tucked amid the townhouses in a high-end shopping district, the brick building draws scant attention. Its lawn is neat, its stairs swept. Occasionally, hissing erupts inside. But that’s to be expected. All the residents are cats.

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Brenda Fraley, who leads Save a Purrfect Cat Rescue, sits with Cookie, left, and Newman this month in Houston.

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Brenda Fraley of Save a Purrfect Cat Rescue greets Sabrina the cat.

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Brenda Fraley leads Save a Purrfect Cat Rescue, a nonprofit that aims to find new homes for felines that are usually ignored for their quirks or ailments.

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Princess, left, and Layla lounge in the nonprofit’s Houston home.

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Pumpkin the cat lives at the Houston home.

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A cat named Newman is among those up for adoption at Patti Thomas’ home in Houston.

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Newman at Patti Thomas’ Houston home.

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Summer and Sabrina, background, at the nonprofit’s Houston house.

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Pictures of the cats that live inside the feline residence owned by Patti Thomas in Houston.

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Feline-themed art inside the Save a Purrfect Cat Rescue adoption center.

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Volunteer Yesim Ari plays with cats Marshall, front, and Sinatra at the Save a Purrfect Cat Rescue adoption center in Houston.

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Volunteer Jean Weaver plays with a cat named Pansy at the Save a Purrfect Cat Rescue adoption center in Houston.

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Save a Purrfect Cat Rescue volunteers Yesim Ari, left, Elvira Briones and Chris Marko sit with a cat named Newman.

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