The organization said it is seeing an increasing number of owners surrendering large birds, and an uptick in
hoarding cases involving small animals, such as hamsters, guinea pigs, rats and reptiles.
Hoarding cases involve the psychological well - being of the animal owner as well as the animals themselves, but more and more they are being used as an excuse to impose a pet limit on a local community.
What's more, a single
hoarding case involving dozens if not hundreds of animals can easily bankrupt a local humane society and severely strain volunteer resources, and the nuisance and cost to local authorities and law enforcement officials is ongoing.
Not exact matches
Those convicted of felonies in
cases involving torture, mutilation, intentional killing, dogfighting, neglect and
hoarding would be listed on state registries under the proposal, announced yesterday in an Animal Legal Defense Fund press release.
As a new rescue, you likely won't be
involved in any
cases where masses of dogs are coming to you from a puppy mill bust, a
hoarding case, or a severe neglect
case.
Our emergency rescue team collaborates with local law enforcement agencies on large - scale animal cruelty investigations,
involving everything from
hoarding cases to puppy mills and dogfighting operations.
ASPCA staffers have handled 28
hoarding cases in Queens and 31
cases in the Bronx
involving both cats and dogs.
Animal
hoarding is defined as the keeping of animals without adequate ability to care for them, and the five households
involved in CWS» project are currently long - term
cases helped by the animal welfare organisation's volunteers.
• May have prevented the recent Allegan County puppy mill /
hoarding case,
involving more than 350 dogs.
Handling all of the animals
involved in large - scale neglect
cases (
hoarding, puppy mills and farm neglect) requires considerable effort and expense — all animal victims must be examined, treated, catalogued as evidence and sheltered during the pendency of a court
case.
«I do work with the Humane Society too, and I've been
involved with some
hoarding cases.
Large - scale seizures and / or farm animals in
cases involving puppy mills,
hoarding, animal fighting, abuse and / or neglect