http://www.animallawcoalition.com/animal-hoarding A little understood mental illness causes untold suffering for animals en http://www.animallawcoalition.com/animal-hoarding/article/459 <p><a href="http://www.cfainc.org/jpgs/hoarding1.jpg" class="thickbox"></a> <p><img width="150" src="http://www.mykonosanimals.com/adopt/images/cat_large/im_cat01.jpg" alt="Rescued cats" height="154" />  <strong>Update May 6, 2008</strong>: The Hawaii legislature has <em><strong>passed </strong></em>Senate Bill 3203, making hoarding a crime. In the final version, anyone with 20 or more dogs or cats or a combination, can be guilty of a misdemeanor if the person<u> intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly:</u> </p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/animal-hoarding" class="og_links">Animal Hoarding</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.animallawcoalition.com/animal-hoarding/article/459">read more</a></p> http://www.animallawcoalition.com/animal-hoarding/article/459#comments Animal Hoarding Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:38:10 -0700 lauraallen 459 at http://www.animallawcoalition.com http://www.animallawcoalition.com/animal-hoarding/article/251 <p>There are news reports almost daily about raids on people called animal hoarders who have large numbers of animals suffering in deplorable, filthy conditions. The news reports typically show a home or some building or property overcrowded with starving, sick or injured animals, sometimes in cages and all living with piles of waste, garbage and sometimes dead animals everywhere.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/animal-hoarding" class="og_links">Animal Hoarding</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.animallawcoalition.com/animal-hoarding/article/251">read more</a></p> http://www.animallawcoalition.com/animal-hoarding/article/251#comments Animal Hoarding Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:55:56 -0700 lauraallen 251 at http://www.animallawcoalition.com