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State Trooper Shocked by Cruel Hoarder ... Literally
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A concerned neighbor reached out to PETA after several high-ranking officials failed to act on his complaints, deeming the situation a parole violation only. With a little work, we were eventually able to locate a district attorney who was willing to prosecute, provided that we could obtain the necessary evidence.
We then found a sympathetic state trooper who agreed to visit the woman's property. According to his account, when he arrived he got the shock of a lifetime. After he told the woman that he had a warrant for her arrest (for an unrelated matter), she reportedly attacked him with a stun gun to his head and neck. When she refused to drop the weapon, he used pepper spray to subdue her, handcuffed her, and called for backup.
Animal control agents arrived to find more than 40 animals on her property, including dogs, cats, parrots, chickens, ducks, alpacas, a donkey, and a pot-bellied pig. Almost all the animals were in cages. The animals were sent to shelters around the state, and the hoarder is now being held awaiting bail.
Folks, you might know of someone in your neighborhood whose yard is teeming with stray cats or someone who has a multitude of neglected dogs barking nonstop in his or her backyard. Please know that there's a very strong possibility that this person is a hoarder—a mentally ill person with a compulsion to acquire "things" they can't bring themselves to discard. Hoarders don't try to find loving homes for their animals—in fact, they usually resist any effort to do so. In this case, more than 40 animals might have died from neglect and disease had it not been for police intervention!
A person who hoards animals doesn't love animals any more than a hoarder who fills his or her house with garbage loves trash. The big difference, of course, is that empty pizza boxes and beer bottles don't suffer and die from neglect—but animals do.
Posted by Karin Bennett
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Let us not forget to thank the concerned neighbor as well! We should all be as vigilant in regard to keeping our eyes peeled for animals in need.
Posted by: Michael Essi | November 2, 2009 12:52 PM
I'm glad both the trooper and the animals are ok.
Yet another reason why I hate tasers.
Posted by: Aneliese | November 2, 2009 01:44 PM
I do want to say that just because a person has a lot of stray cats does not make them a hoarder. You can't always control where the stray cats go. My mother has a lot of stray cats around her house because they give birth under her shed. She has tried to cage off the area but they always seem to come back.
Posted by: Chief | November 2, 2009 02:38 PM
Yikes. Hope the guy's recovering.
And I don't think there are any animal hoarders around where I live, thankfully. There is a lady who keeps a bunch of sick/disabled cats, but she treats them like family.
Posted by: MH | November 2, 2009 02:42 PM
Did anyone see the link above to the article?Those posters were defending that woman!If she took such good care of the animals&has 30 acres like the they said,Why the hell were animals in the garage in cages?And why was the house full of stench? Constitutional rights my butt.They ought to round all those people up to,keep those hoarders away from all animals & we should be on the lookout for them.These people need mental help
Posted by: yvonne | November 2, 2009 03:01 PM
Some animal hoarders love animals and some are very delusional and think that they love animals that suffer and die under their watch.
Posted by: Brien Comerford | November 2, 2009 08:12 PM
THANKS TO THE TROOPER WHO DID THE RIGHT THING AND INVESTIGATED! I HOPE HE IS OK. THANKS AGAIN TROOPER!
Posted by: PETA FAN | November 2, 2009 08:55 PM
The comments after the article are truly frightening. There is so much crazy, right wing talk being spewed by instable, ill informed people out there. Why are so many people so obsessed with this Nazi America government stuff?? I think they need to turn off their radios and walk away fromt heir computer screens and do something productive with themselves. Go volunteer somewhere. Plant a garden. Do something nice in the world!
Posted by: Kelley | November 3, 2009 11:32 AM
When you notice that cats are giving birth under a shed and continue to do so, it is time to catch the mother cat and have her spayed and the boys neutered. There is help out there and very low or free spay and neuter programs. Sometimes one person can be found to take responsibility for a spay or neuter like in our neighborhood. I took two boys off the street and had them neutered. Now they come in my dog door from the outside and want to be our pets. We have our limit but we paid for 2 to be neutered and will care for them till the end of their lives.
Posted by: Gabriele Wood | November 3, 2009 04:44 PM
that is redonkulous who would want 40 animals in there house that look at them with sad and waiting eyes. i have 4 dogs and feel really bad when i forget to refill there food bowl once in a while. but you cant tell people how to live, its not like they are going to listen anyway!!!!
Posted by: ashley nelson | November 4, 2009 08:17 AM
Has everyone overlooked the fact that this hoarder has a serious psychological disorder & it has nothing to do with the animals? Or politics for that matter KELLEY. Jesus, try associating with someone other than your cat once in awhile, PEOPLE need help too. Of course the woman couldn't care for all those animals, she couldn't care for herself either! This isn't a case of animal cruelty as much as mental illness & human neglect, where was this woman's family? YVONNE, are you volunteering your time to help the mentally ill or just taking stabs at them because you are twisted?
Posted by: Meg | November 6, 2009 05:38 PM