Not exact matches
The homeowners, Joseph and Charlene Hendricks, claim that they never intended for the situation to
get so out of hand and turn into
animal hoarding.
4) An influx of
animals, an adoptoin promotion and a village of suport — An appeal to the media by the KC Pet Project helps
get a huge number of cats out of our shelter after 2
hoarding busts in the same week.
When the Cleveland
Animal Protective League
got hit with nearly 150 cats from a
hoarding situation last January, most with serious health problems, they knew it was a challenge they didn't have to face alone.
My answer to them is that because of the saved Sochi dogs, puppy mill dogs,
hoarded dogs, and other stories that
get attention, other dogs have been saved and people become educated about not only the problems that create these situations, but what shelters and sheltering can do to help
animals.
If you think someone you know is struggling with
animal hoarding, pick up the phone and call your local humane law enforcement department, police department,
animal shelter,
animal welfare group or veterinarian to initiate the process of
getting them — and the
animals — the help they need.
So, now that I'm
getting started, I keep coming back to the words of Gary J. Patronek, the former Director of the Center for
Animals and Public Policy at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, and one of the founders of the
Hoarding of
Animals Research Consortium.
We can't just keep killing
hoards of dogs and cats year after year, and we can't continue to allow people to
get away with abusing, neglecting, abandoning and not sterilizing their
animals.
Hoarding situations may go unreported for fear that the people will
get in trouble or that the
animals will be taken away, however, early intervention allows for the best possible outcome for the
animals and humans involved.
Like many a burrowing
animal, burrowing owls
hoard food to
get them through lean times; and they take this job seriously!
Whenever I look at it (which is constantly, due to it's location) the clutter of... *** backpacks, school papers (from our two young children), toys, knick - knack junk, my purse, my work papers, magazines (which i have a magazine
hoarding issue — trying to transition to online mags and Pinterest), bags for going out with the kiddos (library bag, pool bag, playground bag), movies, Nintendo DS games, kids artwork, computer printer, desk, family pictures, kid's stuffed
animals ***... strangles me and I always feel I need to
get this organized before I move onto a new project of creating something I would enjoy and appreciate (hasn't happened yet!).
Ok, so the term «
animal hoarding» may be a bit extreme, but it nevertheless
got us thinking about the love we have for our four - legged friends.