It is cloak-and-danger work, which means the 35-year old woman only wants to be known by her first name, Louise.
But she has spent tens of thousands of pounds over the past four years adopting pets.
To cope with the costs, she has set up a website, Baghdad Cat Rescue .
“Some people buy flash cars, others flash clothes,” she said. “But it’s my animals that float my boat.”
A Territorial Army call up in 2003 turned into a career as a security consultant, working in some of the most dangerous areas of Iraq.
On a posting near Saddam Hussein’s birthplace Louise adopted her first cat, Simba al-Tikriti, a name that made the white tabby an honorary clansman of the late dictator. More...
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