Animal Hoarding

Incase you don't know, animal hoarding has approximately 15,000 new cases every year. One sign of animal hoarding would be that there are more than the typical number of companion animals in a house. Another sign is that the owner has the inability to provide even minimal standards of nutrition, sanitation, shelter and veterinary care for the animals. This neglect often results in starvation, illness and death. The people that hoard animals deny the fact that they have a problem. They insist that all animals are happy and healthy, even when there are clear signs of distress and illness. It's important to know that not all people who have a lot of animals are considered hoarders. If the animals have proper nutrition, shelter, veterinary care, ext, you are not an animal hoarder since they are taken care of.

There are three types of hoarders. They include, the overwhelmed caregiver, the rescuer hoarder and exploiters hoarders. The overwhelmed caregiver initially provides adequate care for their animals which they have a strong attachment to; have fewer issues with authority figures and accepting intervention; and may be socially isolated. The rescuer develops a compulsion based on a strong need to rescue animals from possible death or euthanasia; actively acquires animals and believes they are the only ones who can adequately care for them; find it hard to refuse any new animals; may work within a network of animal welfare people; and avoid authorities. Lastly, the exploiters hoarder acquires animals to serve their own needs and are indifferent to the harm caused to them; deny the problem and reject authority figures or outside help; believe they know best and have an extreme need to control; skilled at presenting excuses and explanations for their circumstances; self-concerned and expressing no remorse or guilt; acquires animals actively; plans to evade the law, will lie cheat and steal without remorse in order to achieve their goals.





If you have a suspicion that someone is an animal hoarder, call your local humane law enforcement department, police department, animal shelter, animal welfare group or veterinarian to initiate the process of getting the animals help.

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Neglect Isn't Right

As you probably know, animal beating is when a human physically attacks an animal for barking, biting or chewing something. People think that hitting the animal will teach them. It doesn't. The animal will just become afraid of humans or start attacking them. Malnutrition is when the animal doesn't get enough food and becomes very skinny and not healthy. The animal could start eating things that it shouldn't and could get very sick from it. Neglect can be starvation/dehydration, not being sheltered properly according to weather conditions, not getting proper medical treatment or allowing the collar to grow into the animal's neck. Neglect is very painful to the animal and is when the owner simply doesn't care.

Animal Abuse is Not a Game

Animals are not meant to be beat or to suffer either. They are here to love us and to be a "loyal friend". Animals can be fun and loveable if you know how to treat them right. Animals that are rescued from being abused can be up for adoption. This will make the animals feel loved and spoiled. Abuse and neglect are preventable so please, if you suspect abuse please notify your local Animal Human Services. If you don't know that number call your local police office or 911, don't try to handle the situation yourself. Help make animals happier and help stop animal abuse.

Forms of Abuse

There are different forms of abuse such as, animal fights, hoarding, poisoning, shooting and bestiality. Animal fighting is when animals are trained to fight each other in a bloody battle and people place bets on which animal will win. Winning usually means that the animal will be brutally injured or dead at the end of the fight. Animal fighting is illegal and can have some gambling or drug dealing at the "event". Hoarding animals is when people have many animals such as over 25 living in their house. They usually "mean well" but it gets out of hand. Getting out of hand for hoarding is when the animals suffer from malnutrition, don't get veterinary attention (which can result in breeding) and the house becomes filthy and not healthy for anyone or anything to live in. Poisonings and Shootings are most common. Poisoning is when animals are unsupervised and get into some kind of poison such as mouse poison or house hold cleaners. If this happens you should get medical treatment fast. Shooting is when an animal is unsupervised outside and my roam somewhere it is unwanted and someone could shoot him/her. The best way to prevent shootings is to supervise the time the animal is left outside. All of these can be avoided if you take proper precautions.