Most of us love our pets, but would we marry them?

That is what Deborah Hodge, 49, has done to save her cat. Deborah has had to rehome three animals previously as a result of landlords who don’t allow pets in their properties.

Upset by losing her beloved pets, Deborah decided that if she married her moggy, India, it would demonstrate to landlords just how committed she is to stay with her cat.

Dressed in a dapper tuxedo, Deborah met India at the end of the aisle at a civil ceremony presided over by her legally ordained friend.

The five-year-old cat meowed her vows in front of Deborah’s friends and family at the event in a southeast London park and the two were wed (if not legally).

Deborah said: “She is fundamentally the most important thing in my life after my children.

“By marrying India, I need any future landlords to know that we come as a package, and we cannot be separated under any circumstances as she is as important to me as the children.

“I refuse to be parted from her. I’d rather live on the streets than be without her.”