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TO MAKAsOURSELVES AT HOME?@EBs
AS YOU'LL SEE IN THIS
"DATELINE/PEOPLE MAZINE
EXCLUSIVE," THAT'S EXACTLY WHATH
VISITORS FIND AT A FLORIDA BED
AND BREAKFAST.
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VAUSE.
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AND QUIET, A BED AND BREAKFAST
IS A PLACE TO GET AWAY FROM ITVE
ALL, BUT HERE'S ONE LIKE Y@E'VEH
NEVEbsSEEN, WITH ROOMMATEScs
YOU WON'T BELIEVE.VAVAVA@E
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STREET, A UNIQUE BED
AND BREALHASIN TAMPA, FLORIDA.ms
ps THIS IS THE MOST WONDERFUL@Es
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>> Reporter: AUDREY WILLARDLHLH
AND HER FAMILY ARE HERE TO SND
THE DAY AND NIGHT, PAIRING UP
IN CABINS THATzsRE IN CAGEçsLH
WHERE THEY'LL BE HOUSE GUESTS
DtHE HOME OF TWO UNLIKELVA
HOSTS --INDtRRLHIBLE PAIREt
OF COUGAR CUBS.GtVA@EVA
BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKINGVA@ELH
FOR A LITTLE R AND R, THIS ISN'T
THE PLAC@EVA@E
GUESTS HERE DON'T JUST LIKE
CATS, THEY LOVE THEM.LH
OtD LH@EHAVE TVAENJOTHIS
MANIC, AND SOMETIMES MESSY,
ENCOUNTER WITH EXOTIC AND VERY
PLLHL ANIMALLHTtVAVA@ELH
Wt YOU DON'T GET MUCH SLEEVAWt@H
THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL GO@E
ROUGALNIGHT LONG.Zt@E
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOCTURNAL.
THEY SLEEP ALL DAY.
AND BY@EHEIME @EGET THERE,
THE CAT IS AWAKE.VALH
AND IT IS READY TO HAVE FUN.LHVA
>> Reporter: CAROL LEWIS ISLHVA
THE INNKEEPER OF THIS UNUSUAL
OPERetION THAT STARTED@EHEN@E
SHE BOUGHT 56 BOBCATS, LYNXLH
AND OTHEYOUNG CUBS TO PRECT
TH FROM FUR TRADERS.@EVAlt@E
THAT WAS 1993.LHLH
SINCE THEN, SHE'S GAINED
VAOUSANDS OF HOURS OEXPERIENCEsA
CARING FOR HER EVER-GROWING
COLLECTION, WHICH NOW INCLESvt@E
148 CATS AND 17 VAFF@E
IES.VA@E
THE BED AND BREAKFAST HELPS
COVER CO.@u@uAuLH@EVA
@ETHE $75 CABIN RENTAL, GUESTS
TOUR THE SANCTUA@E, TAKE TONSVAA
OF PICTURES, AND EVEN HELP FEED
THE CATS, ALL BEFORE BEDDING
DOWNLH@E AEVENING VERVALHLu
LITTLE SLEEP.@ELHVA@EVA
AND WH@EE A NIGHLHWITH THIVAGUY
MAY BE AS UNVA
AS WITH SOME OF HIS LARGERVARu
LHLATIVES, THEY'RE STILL WILD@Eu
ANIMALS.
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AND HANDS AROUND THE MOUTH AREAE
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DOWN, THE WILLARD'S ARE READYVAH
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A 60-POUND COUGAR CUB,S VAT.LHLu
>> SHOULD WE TRY AND DTRACT
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TO INDULGE HER WILD SIDE A BIT.E
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MY CLHN?VAVALH
>> Reporter: AND STILL S@E
PLENTY OF AFFECTION FOR HER NEKH
GUESTSLvLHMv@E
@ENALL@EHE SEELHO HAVE WORN@ELHA
VAHERSELVAVAQvVAVALHVA@ERv
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LOOKS LILH SEONE'S LOSING
A BED NIGHVvVA
>> Reporter: BUT IT WAS ONE
OF MANY FALSE ALARMS, AND EN@EYv
KEPT GOING UNTVA THEY CIDED
THEY ALL MIGHT GET MORE REST
IF SHE SPENT THE NIGHT OUTSIDE.E
WHEN MORNING COMES, ALLav@ELHVA
VAE ACTIVITY GETS EVERYONE UPVAE
THEY'RE QUITE
PLAYFUL THIS TIMEVA
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A WEEKEND WI THESE WILDnv
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BUT ORLHNARY.VA
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>> NOT I@EYOU COME BACK.tv
>> OH, I'LL BE BACK.VA
>> THE U.S@EDEPARTVANT
GRICULRE SS THE HAVE
BEEN SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE WAY
CAROLE LEWIS RUNS HER SANCTUARYH
THE USDA SAYS THE CATS' LHTELHLH
BOWLS AND ENCLOSURES HVAE NOT
BEEN KEPT AS CLEAN
AS THEY SHOULD BE.
AND IT'S FOUND OTHER VIOLATIONS
OF THE ANIMAL WELFARE ACT.LHFw
LELHS DENIES THOSE CHARGES