Animal Hoarding Is a Surprisingly Common Compulsion; Town of Ottawa Case Illustrates Tragic Results of Over-Collecting Pets
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › May 30, 2005
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From 50 feet away, rescuers knew it was going to be bad. The ammonia stench was overwhelming.
What they found in a house in rural western Waukesha County was the most grotesque outcome of a behavior psychologists have a name for: animal hoarding.See the full content of this document
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Animal Hoarding Is a Surprisingly Common Compulsion; Town of Ottawa Case Illustrates Tragic Results of Over-Collecting Pets
For three hours, rescuers worked with tear-soaked faces pulling more than 250 cats including 65 dead one by one from a Town of Ottawa home covered in feces and urine and devoid of food.
Animal hoarders are sometimes dismi...See the full content of this document
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