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January 14, 2005
animal collector
nasty case of an animal collector in sanford, nc, has come to light. it sounds as if she had around 200 dogs on her property, and her rationale for having them is, "i take in dogs no one else will take."
as per usual, the conditions the dogs were kept in were disgusting and shocking.
here is an angle i had not thought about before-- her lawyers are claiming that removing the animals was theft. here we have a huge number of dogs that any sane person can see are being kept in inhumane conditions, and an owner who cannot see the problem with her actions. i understand that her lawyers have to protect her rights, but still-- how the hell can they sleep at night??
Posted by lisa at January 14, 2005 08:35 AM | TrackBack
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I have an ex who borders on this behavior; she has 16 cats, which are, as you can imagine, quite a bit to keep up with to even attempt to keep things passably clean. In most cases it's a sign of some mental illness. Which doesn't excuse it, but it does explain it somewhat. They truly believe that the animals are better off with them than with others.
Posted by: Steph Mineart on January 18, 2005 06:37 AM
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