“Why do people do this?????...........................”
FWIW...
Jack and Donna Wright of Kingston, Ontario, made their way to the Guinness World Records for having the highest number of cats. According to the Guinness World Records, they have 689 cats.
https://www.cat-world.com.au/cat-world-records.html#Most_cats
July 25, 2018
For diehard fans of The Tragically Hip, no price is too steep for memorabilia — but 689 cats might come close.
Priced at $700,000, dedicated fans can now purchase the location for the band’s “Poets” music video, which memorably features the late Gord Downie weaving between dozens of cats crawling over an Elm Street home’s floors and counters while the Hip perform...
The house’s previous tenants, Jack and Donna Wright, had a reputation around town: They never turned an animal away. Cats were dropped off at their doorstep until the building housed hundreds and they received a Guinness World Record in 1994 for keeping 689 cats...