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Dear Champa:

 

 

Thank you for your detailed case history. This is a textbook

description of a hoarder--

 

 

>She is considered a lunatic by the neighbours. Perhaps ridiculed

>over the years has become very sensitive and behaves like a lunatic.

>She eats with the dogs, sleeps with them, regardless of their skin

>condition. Pure love and compassion? Madness? Different people will

>interpret it differently. I found the conditions for both the human

>being and her dogs absolutely appalling. The actual hell must be

>cleaner. And I also found out that I could not reason out with her

>beyond a point, however much I wanted to help her and her dogs.

 

 

My next two e-mails will include a great deal of information

about the hoarding phenomenon, based on evaluating data from more

than 1,000 cases. The most useful data is in the second half of each

article.

 

I will send cc. to everyone who received your e-mail, though

many will already be familiar with the information.

 

What to do about hoarders is quite a problem. Many people

think of them as saints, so prosecuting them for neglect of animals

and creating a public nuisance is often difficult.

 

On the other hand, there is a common belief that saints are

martyred for being good. Having studied the lives of many saints,

many years ago, I came to the conclusion that most were martyred

chiefly because they were creating a public nuisance, and the idea

that they were good tended to develop mainly after no one had to put

up with them any longer.

 

Hoping the info helps,

 

--

Merritt Clifton

Editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE

P.O. Box 960

Clinton, WA 98236

 

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Fax: 360-579-2575

E-mail: anmlpepl

Web: www.animalpeoplenews.org

 

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