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March 13, 2008
psychology behind hoarding animals
From MSNBC please read the Full Story
Shocking but true: Earlier this week, 800 small dogs were seized from a filthy triple-wide trailer in Tucson, Ariz., where the elderly residents were overwhelmed trying to care for the animals. Also this week, Kentucky police found 117 starving and diseased dogs during a raid of a local animal shelter.
What explains behavior like this? Is there malicious intent involved, or are these cases of well-meaning people simply getting overwhelmed? Dr. Gary Patronic of the Hoarding of Animals Research Consortium helps explain this unusual behavior.
Q: Why do people hoard animals?
Posted by sue at March 13, 2008 10:03 AM