I prosecuted animal hoarder last year. Had between 200-300 dogs. We seized and cared for approximately 225 dogs for 8 months while the case pended. We also seized approximately 25 deceased dogs on her property with more present but unable to remove due to be frozen to the ground etc.
These cases are sad from all different sorts of angles. Sad for the animals. Sad for the hoarders who truly believe that they can care better for the animals than anyone else. Not only are they sad, but they are expensive cases to deal with. Animal hoarding has a nearly 100% recidivism rate without continued mental health treatment and supervision of animal numbers.
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I often wonder what happen to those dogs who were rescued? How do they rehabilitate these dogs? Do they often put to sleep? To find all good home for these dogs will be hard to find. I bet they have so many issues to work on.
"It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right"
UGHH frozen to the ground. You see a lot of hoarding on Animal cops. They often say the dogs are their children. I need a few hours to read the article but it looks good!
I wonder if they would say I hoard Reptiles. I have 100s. LOL.
I have a buddy at BHB Reptile in Mich that has over 17,000 reptiles.
I can understand where it can be a problem, but as long as you can care for the animals and you are obeying the law. I guess to each their own.
I don't know how one could take care of 100s of dogs though. Even with a large staff.
For my reptiles that only eat every 7-14 days and some go off of feed for breeding for up to 6 months at a time. I still pay 275 bucks a month to feed them.
And about 200-400 dollars a month depending on what time of year it is on electric bills to keep their cages and their snake room(s) heated.
Then facility cost(rent) on the building they are in.
Oh I get a water bill to that address too.
I often wonder what happen to those dogs who were rescued? How do they rehabilitate these dogs? Do they often put to sleep? To find all good home for these dogs will be hard to find. I bet they have so many issues to work on.
In my case, the dogs were eventually placed with the national rescue organization who placed them appropriately in either foster homes and/or adoptive homes. I believe two or three might have been placed in sanctuaries due to not being appropriate for adoption but I do not believe any were put down.
Coincidentally, this weekend is a weekend long reunion of sorts for the volunteers/adoptive owners/etc involved in the case. They have leased a big campground by Yellowstone National Park and people are coming from all over the country for a two day gathering. It will be neat to see a bunch of the dogs again :-)
I wonder if they would say I hoard Reptiles. I have 100s.
off topic: but that moth thing named Bob, did you count him?
I feel bad for everyone involved in animal hoarding cases, including the people that had to take them away, etc. The money that these people spend to attempt to feed them all I'm sure was resulted in some sacarifice to their lives. As Ingrid stated, sad from so many angles....
Having a large number of animals is not an indication of hoarding. Heck, having a large number of animals kept in less than ideal could be something other than hoarding as well. For example a puppy mill that keeps animals in poor condition could be considered animal cruelty but not animal cruelty by hoarding.
Hoarding, for me, comes down to a mindset. Does the person believe that they can care for the animals better than anyone else? Is there paranoia that others are out to "get them"? Do they disconnect from interactions with others? Do they continue to collect animals even after acknowledging that they are overwhelmed?
A lot of these are signs of the compulsion to hoard animals.
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