Uniquely is a Fresno Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Fresno area so special.
Lynea Lattanzio never intended to build one of the nation’s largest no-cage cat sanctuaries — she just wanted a kitten.
But, after a visit to a shelter and a few unexpected rescues in the early 1990s, she found herself bottle-feeding 15 newborns. More than 30 years later, the Cat House on the Kings, along the Kings River, has saved more than 44,000 cats…