Re: Animal hoarding and welfare and stuff
Well, I can see the problems. Having more animals than one can care for is unhealthy for the animals and the people, and hoarding is a mental illness that is unhealthy for the hoarder and family most times. Sometimes either condition can present a public health or safety concern. Combining those makes a fucking mess of a problem that is very difficult to solve.
Ideally, there needs to be a comprehensive and planned intervention that addresses all the factors and keeps the needs and best interests of all the living beings at the forefront, headed by an experienced professional as well as someone the hoarder trusts.
In reality there is just a bunch of different types of cops-AC, Health Department, regular cops- that react without planning and do not coordinate with each other.
I don't know if it's about the South only, seems to me this can and does happen everywhere.
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