SELF-SELECTING OUT OF THE GENE POOL: Woman who is celebrating a decade of marriage to her two pet CATS says she has never been happier (and has no plans to find a human husband).

She has their initials tattooed on her right leg. . . .

‘Before you have a baby or adopt a child, you look on the internet to learn as much as possible. You read lots of books and attend support groups. That’s what I did as well before I adopted my cats.’ . . .

‘After my human boyfriend had left, Spider and Lugosi were still there for me, helping me get through the separation anxieties and feelings of sadness. I have loved and lived with a couple of partners before but I realised that my love for my fur babies is so much deeper than anything I have felt for a human.’ . . .

‘When I came across the marryyourpet.com website, I screamed: “Have my money and send me a certificate of our marriage!” . . .

‘If Lugosi and Spider died, I would never marry another cat,’ she explains. ‘They’re my first cats and no other cat in future can change that. If a man ever approaches me, I just tell them straight off: “Sorry, I’m married to my cats”.’ . . .

‘There is nothing perverse or disgusting about my union with my cats . . . It’s like gay or polyamorous marriage. As long as they’re happy, why should anybody criticise them?’