One of the over 90 Shepherd mixes rescued |
The Humane Society of The United States reaches all over the world to protect animals from inhumane treatment. The found just such a situation in Montana, where an animal hoarder was keeping nearly 100 dogs in unhealthy conditions.
HSUS and parter agencies rescue dogs from filthy home |
Animal Hoarding is a complicated compulsion, and historical statistics and research on this illness is truly lacking.
As an illness with a 100% relapse rate, it seems to me we should and could devote more energy to understanding it.
This dog was too weak to rise from this kitchen counter.. |
Maybe Johnson & Johnson can redeem themselves for the recent Ortho-Evra scandal, by funding studies into what causes people to hoard animals, and what treatments could keep hoarders from re-offending.
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