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[Stefan-A]

Animal hoarding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[anji1971]

Hoarding, of any kind, is a more common mental illness than people think.
When it's animals, however, the damage is far greater.
There is a couple in our neighbourhood who have been reported numerous times (they keep cats) and it still hasn't really stopped them. They've gone from letting the cats use their house as a giant litterbox all year, to just keeping them during the winter, then letting a swarm of cats loose on the neighbourhood to fend for themselves every spring. Most of them end up dead by the following winter.
It's really very sad.

[drache]

I could see how that sort of thing could sneak up on someone
Sean went to a house where there were close to a hundred pet rats roaming free
I don't think they've found homes for all of them yet and this was in early summer
my biggest fear is that I'll end up like one of those people and the moment I get a flu, or a little busy, I start panicking and thinking about where my critters can go - especially the beardies

[Lori P]

Hoarding is something we see so often... and it usually starts out innocently. I know many people who started in rescue and turned into hoarders, and believe me, that is my biggest fear. I am so very aware of how easy it is to cross that line... and when you have a large number of animals, things go downhill very quickly. We've cleaned out sooooo many hoarding situations that just make you want to kill someone. Don, I hope you have some rescue groups there willing to help with the livestock... wish I could!

[ssssnakeluvr]

well, with the livestock, the way the warrant was worded (and signed by the judge) we were to impound all the livestock, take photos and document their conditions for evidence. once all that was done, the owner would be notified and allowed to redeem her animals....she would have to pay all teh related fees, impound on each of the livestock, boarding fees, vet bills.....she probably won't be able to afford it and will have to turn them over to the county!! then we can adopt them out. if we kept them as evidence, we would have to hold them for months until we got to court...costing us tons...this way she probably can't afford to get them back, then by county ordinance they will be disposed of (county ordinance wording for adopting or rescueing the animals, or euthanasia on the ones in bad shape) one officer gave me an estimate of around $12,000 in fees she will owe... hopefully she will get smart and turn them over so we can find them better homes!!!!

[drache]

$12,000 seems low . . .

[ssssnakeluvr]

well...i am not sure the exact amount....something like $100 each for impounds..don't remember what boarding fees for livestock are...I think $35 a day for each....as long as it's enough she can't afford it we will be happy that she can't get them back!!!!!

[brain]

This thread bummer now hoarding so I’ll put here;
21 January 2009
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - Heartbreaking and deplorable. That's how law enforcers described what they found when they raided two suspected puppy mills.

Skagit County Sheriff's Department officers found more than 400 dogs at two locations – the latest in a string of similar raids in Western Washington.

Skagit County Fairgrounds is now serving as a temporary emergency animal shelter.

The two cases are not related, but authorities say the similarities are striking – female dogs churning out puppies like machines and their litters left to fend for themselves.

Law enforcers said the conditions of the more than 400 caged-in dogs are a crime.

The two raids Wednesday are the latest in a string in Western Washington following a pair in Snohomish County over the weekend.

No arrests have been made in Skagit County, but the investigation is continuing. Ultimately, a judge will allow the dogs to be released, and that's when volunteers will need to step in.

"We are looking for volunteers who can house these dogs and give them some of the special one-on-one attention that they need," said Teresa Letellier, SPOT. It appears that most of these rescued dogs can be nursed back to health and given the chance to live the life they deserve in a loving home.

Because no charges have been filed yet, we are not naming the breeders or listing their addresses.

[Lori P]

I got a call last night about 12 donkeys seized in a neighboring county... there were 4 dead the field when they went to get them. :-( Luckily, someone else stepped in before I got the message and took them all in to foster, but we will be helping out with them. Unreal... just unreal. And yesterday there was a 30 horse seizure in south eastern Va, same circumstances, horses dead in the field and others euth'd on the spot. It's overwhelming.

[NikkiSixx]

I got a call last night about 12 donkeys seized in a neighboring county... there were 4 dead the field when they went to get them. :-( Luckily, someone else stepped in before I got the message and took them all in to foster, but we will be helping out with them. Unreal... just unreal. And yesterday there was a 30 horse seizure in south eastern Va, same circumstances, horses dead in the field and others euth'd on the spot. It's overwhelming.

Yes, and some of the goats were pregnant when they came in so we have baby goats here at the shelter! they are SUPER cute!