I can see that there are mixed feelings about having a large number of cats in one's home. There is no way that there wasn't any smell, unless Bertha had a staff of people in her house cleaning all day long, and how did she feed all of them adequately, and how was she providing veterinary care for them?
I'm sure that she loved all her kitties, but this law is designed to protect animals and people alike.
I enjoyed watching the interview, especially when one of the cats climbed the interviewer.
Thanks, Candace, for posting this.

We have a client who used to have so many cats that they dedicated the house they lived in to the cats, and they moved into the house right beside it. They would bring cats to the hospital they hadn't seen in years because they hid somewhere in the house.
Those people tried to do right by the cats, but there were so many that not all them received the care they needed. This was always really upsetting to me.
They are down to 3 cats now.

The most cats I had at one time was 6. Many years ago, one of the veterinarians I'm working with called me a hoarder. I know that he was joking, but I still remind him of that every now and then, also jokingly of course.