I do think it depends on many factors, including the size of home, whether there's sufficient space for litter boxes (assuming we're talking about cats,) whether the person can afford to get them medical attention as needed (yearly and catastrophic,) whether the person can afford decent food, etc.
My ex and I lived in a very large 3-bedroom apartment and had 5 indoor cats. I did have to put my foot down about having any more than that or he would have taken in the all the feral cats that made their way to our door. He did feed the ones outside as well. We did fine with the 5 but that really was our limit.
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