Seriously scary and famous for that killer stare when a prospective investment doesn`t appeal to her, BBC`s Dragons` Den star Deborah Meaden turns out to be completely different off screen. Chatting at her country home, a 10-bedroom farm in Somerset that she shares with her husband Paul, she`s warm, friendly and funny as she describes their menagerie of animals. `At the last count it was seven horses, three sheep, a pig, ducks, chickens, guinea fowl, three very angry geese as well as four dogs and two cats,` she says beaming. `We`re often the first port of call for people who want to re-home animals. I get regular `Deborah, would you mind...?` phone calls!` A passionate animal lover, she`s...
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