Additional
Information: Websites about pet hoarding, the collecting of large numbers of pets without providing the proper care for them, failing to act as conditions deteriorate, and being unaware of the negative impact on the animals, their environment, and the owner.
Hoarding Sites:
Psychiatric Times: People Who Hoard Animals Psychiatric Times: People Who Hoard Animals: An article by Randy Frost, Ph.D., providing an overview of research, hoarders' rationales, and possible explanations for the behavior. (Hoarding) http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p000425.html
Animal People: Animals in Bondage: the Hoarding Mind Animal People: Animals in Bondage: the Hoarding Mind: An article about seven cases, statistics on dog, cat, and horse hoarding, and enabling behavior. (Hoarding) http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/99/1/hoarders.html
Amarillo Globe-News: Cat Collector to Seek Counseling Amarillo Globe-News: Cat Collector to Seek Counseling: A brief article about a woman who recognized herself as a collector, yet her animals were well taken care of. (Hoarding) http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/012100/usn_cats.shtml
Loving Animals to Death Loving Animals to Death: "Animal hoarders think they're helping their furry friends, but mostly they're just feeding their own twisted psyches." [Salon] (Hoarding) http://archive.salon.com/people/feature/2002/03/08/hoarders/index.html
Companion Animal Hoarding Fact Sheet Companion Animal Hoarding Fact Sheet: Definitions and information on proposed legislation, from Animal Protection Voters. (Hoarding) http://www.apvnm.org/2003legistation/animal_hoarding/hoarding_faq.html
St. Petersburg Times: Woman may be Animal Hoarder St. Petersburg Times: Woman may be Animal Hoarder: An article by Jamie Malernee about a local incident as well as other cases and the problem across the U.S. (Hoarding) http://www.stpetersburgtimes.com/News/070201/Hernando/Woman_may_be_animal_h.shtml
Tufts.edu: Animal Hoarding Research Tufts.edu: Animal Hoarding Research: Definition of pet collecting, research findings, links to articles. (Hoarding) http://www.tufts.edu/vet/cfa/hoarding/
Collectors: Kindness Gone Awry Collectors: Kindness Gone Awry: Factsheet from PETA about the disorder, with references. (Hoarding) http://www.peta.org/factsheet/files/FactsheetDisplay.asp?ID=27
Additional
Information: Websites about pet hoarding, the collecting of large numbers of pets without providing the proper care for them, failing to act as conditions deteriorate, and being unaware of the negative impact on the animals, their environment, and the owner.
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