What is considered cat hoarding?
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.
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Is animal hoarding a mental illness?
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 … Continue reading →
Is cat hoarding illegal?
Generally, cat hoarding per se is not illegal unless there is local legislation in place which prevents a person looking after more than a certain number of cats in their home or a specific piece of legislation (see Hawaii below) … Continue reading →
Hoarder accumulated 30 tonnes of rubbish under which 15 rotting cats were found
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 … Continue reading →
25 cats seized from hoarding situation in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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 … Continue reading →
68 cats rescued from animal hoarding situation in Tullahoma, Tennessee
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) … Continue reading →
Cat Hoarder Fraudster Wife Murders Imperial Wizard Ku Klux Klan Husband
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 … Continue reading →
Please Help. I Am A Lonely Cat Hoarder
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 … Continue reading →
Landlord’s insurance: Losses caused by cats excluded
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 … Continue reading →
Sensible judge makes $62k restitution order against women in cat cruelty case
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 … Continue reading →