jellykans
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- Posted: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 04:21:12 +0000
David2074
jellykans
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This is a new one on me.
When I think of hoarding I think of stacks of old newspapers and magazines and mail and beanie babies and such. I don't picture "ducks, geese, turkeys and chickens".
When I think of hoarding I think of stacks of old newspapers and magazines and mail and beanie babies and such. I don't picture "ducks, geese, turkeys and chickens".
True, but some cases of animal hoarding have come to light recently - a large number of puppies, 2 batches (different breeds) were located recently in Texas. The ;assumption was that puppy mills were abandoning animals under the tighter regulations about to go into effect. The puppies had not been socialized at all. Sites for info: ASPCA, Humane Society, P.E.T.A. (My problem with the first two is when someone tries to make you feel godawful to do something good, and with the 3rd, I think they sometimes go over the top. Still, all 3 have value and have been effective advocates.)
I only ran into one hoarder ever. A friend took me to meet a woman who rescued stray cats, believing I would 'like' her. I felt ill. She had dozens of kittens roaming her yard, which looked like an uncleaned kittybox. The yard was huge, not a postage stamp variety. (We are talking nice big Victorian on less than half of the double lot.) Many of them looked ill.
I wanted to report it, but had been so upset I had been too disoriented to copy the address, and was unable to locate it when I tried to go back.
You don't have to convince me animal hoarding exists.
I was just saying it had never occurred to me as one of the things people hoard.
And yes to them making you feel bad. I forget if it was the humane society but when I bought my house I ended up dropping off a couple of cats. I brought them in a plastic tote box rather than a proper cat carrier. The lady had kind of a shitty attitude towards me and was trying to lecture me about how the cats might not get enough air in there, yadda yadda. Like I was the bad guy for bringing them in. Finally I'd had enough and was like, .. Look lady...
1. I came straight here. They were only in that box for about 15 minutes.
2. You will note that I propped the lid part way open with a stick to allow air to enter.
3. I just bought my house and it came with 13 abandoned cats. Even though I am mildly allergic to cats I adopted one of them. I found homes for all the others except these last two, one of which is mostly feral. If I didn't care about them I could have just put a bullet in them and buried them in my woods. I did not have to drive all the way to town to bring them to you so please stop treating me like a bad guy.
After that she softened up a lot and was nice to me. I think prior to that she just assumed I was an irresponsible pet owner who did not want my cats once they were no longer cute kittens.
Oh, man....