For those who are worried about leaving their cats and dogs when going on holiday - there are catteries and kennells, and even posh dog hotels . But for those with an altogether more slithery companion, the world's first worm hotel has opened. In an increasingly eco-conscious world, there is a growing trend for keeping worm farms at home for composting - and owners who grow attached to their environmentally-friendly pets worry about leaving them when they go away. Michelle Hattingh, thought of the idea after discovering that hundreds of people had taken worms as 'eco-pets' in her home town of East London, South Africa. She said: "Cats have catteries and dogs have kennels, but there was nowhere for people to leave their worms when they went on holiday ."
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