This story comes from Gahanna, Ohio, USA. A man was living with 55 dead cats. In all there were 166 cats therefore 111 were living. I think that it is the most extraordinary example of cat hoarding that I have … please continue reading
What is considered cat hoarding? There is a fine line between cat hoarding and successful cat rescue. When cat rescue becomes impossible for the rescuer to manage it becomes hoarding. please continue reading
Yes, is the short answer. The global reference book on mental health, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, lists the broad category of hoarding as a recognised psychiatric disorder. Within that broad category of hoarding falls animal hoarding. Therefore … please continue reading
This must be the ultimate case of hoarding both of objects and of cats. This is truly a shocking case. It happened in the UK. The lady in question, Elizabeth Blore, 61, lived in what we call a council house … please continue reading
Twenty-five cats were seized from a Lancaster County, Pennsylvania hoarding situation Thursday morning by Pet Pantry of Lancaster County. The home was later condemned. This is a heartbreaking situation, as stated by Dr. Bryan Langlois, the Pet Pantry’s medical director … please continue reading
Sixty-eight cats were rescued Tuesday from a single family home in Tullahoma, Tennessee. The cats, of which many of them are pregnant or with newborn litters, were living in filth, are currently in the care of Animal Rescue Corps (ARC) … please continue reading
Frank Ancona worked as a courier and in his spare time was the imperial wizard of the Traditional American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. His wife, Malissa Ancona, is a cat hoarder. She is also, allegedly, a fraudster in … please continue reading
by M.S. (ALASKA) I have 13 cats. I recently lost one, one of my favorites and I buried him in the yard. There are no dead animals in my home. Although I don’t walk in feces it is still very … please continue reading
A legal case: Bjugan v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., 969 F.Supp.2d 1283 (D.Or., 2013) tells us that under Oregon law losses occuring in a renter’s property caused directly or indirectly by cats (either domestic or feral) were excluded … please continue reading
Lannie and Amanda Price, a mother and daughter, living in Lansing, America were convicted of animal cruelty (a misdemeanour, a more serious crime) because they hoarded lots of cats and many of them had died. That is a pretty typical … please continue reading
