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200 Dead Cats Found in N.J. Woman's Home
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| 5/23/05
Posted on 05/23/2005 3:38:11 PM PDT by Clemenza
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To: martin_fierro
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posted on
05/23/2005 4:02:37 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Clemenza
I'm reminded of a joke with the punchline, "a tragedy."
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posted on
05/23/2005 4:03:12 PM PDT
by
Sloth
(I don't post a lot of the threads you read; I make a lot of the threads you read better.)
To: mmercier
cats are varmintsI think you are chumming, but just in case:
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posted on
05/23/2005 4:04:34 PM PDT
by
Finger Monkey
(H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
To: unbalanced but fair
Although the majority of animal hoarders are older women, men are also hoarders when it comes to just about everything else. It is a mental illness and is said to have started at childhood. Besides animals, people wll hoard newspapers, magazines, MacDonalds bags, styrofoam, things they pick up in the trash, etc. until it fills their homes, garages, and basements. They are very similar to the bag people on the streets. The only difference is they have a home. Is there some org that I can join whereby if I begin this form of behavior I'm immediately dragged into field and executed... please?
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posted on
05/23/2005 4:04:52 PM PDT
by
USCG SimTech
(Honored to serve since '71)
To: Clemenza
Typical PETA whacko. They are all the same.
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posted on
05/23/2005 4:05:24 PM PDT
by
FormerACLUmember
(Honoring Saint Jude's assistance every day.)
To: fhayek; concordKIWI; thesharkboy; Eagles6
:o)
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posted on
05/23/2005 4:06:02 PM PDT
by
andyandval
(Try flushing a book down the toilet....get back to me on how you did)
To: PetroniusMaximus
>meow!
112. The Hidden Tiger
gs: Ronnie Barker (Cheshire) Lyndon Brook (Dr. Manx) John Phillips (Nesbit) Michael Forrest (Peters) Stanley Meadows (Erskine) Jack Gwillim (Sir David Harper) Frederick Treves (Dawson) Brian Haines (Samuel Jones) John Moore (Williams) Reg Pritchard (Bellamy) Gabrielle Drake (Angora)
The mauling to death of several members of the committee of PURRR (the Philanthropic Union for the Rescue, Relief and Recuperation of Cats) exposes Steed and Emma to a diabolical scheme to take over the entire country.
b: 04-Mar-1967 w: Philip Levene d: Sidney Hayers
To: fatnotlazy
FNL - Hi again. I think you are correct about the mental condition, but I think it may be a variation of OCD. People make the mistake of thinking obsessives are just horrific hand-washers. It has really different manifestations. I know someone who claims to be claustrophobic and yet fills the space around them with so much cr@p they can barely navigate the space in which they live.
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posted on
05/23/2005 4:11:52 PM PDT
by
Froufrou
(Froufrou Loves The Spurs!)
To: martin_fierro; Clemenza; PetroniDE; Lady Jag; Slings and Arrows
Sad. She probably ran low on donations and got stuck between a rock and hard place.
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posted on
05/23/2005 4:14:13 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Googolplex Star Thinker of the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity)
To: Clemenza
Fluffy is pleased ....
And Moses Kitty screams "LET MY PEOPLE GO !!"
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posted on
05/23/2005 4:14:53 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
("THE REDNECK PROBLEM" ..... we prefer the term, "Agro-Americans")
To: theFIRMbss
Writing in Haku, taking off from an article concerning 200 dead cats in a back yard....was it really worth the effort?:)
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posted on
05/23/2005 4:15:28 PM PDT
by
xJones
To: Froufrou
Hi, Frou!
You're probably right about the illness being some form of OCD. I know from what little I've read on the subject is that it seems to be somewhat poorly understood. As I said, the animal hoarders do tend to start off with seemingly good intentions (and they really believe they are doing something good), but then it just gets out of hand. It's unfortunate, but counseling and other treatment may help.
To: zlala
>> Doesn't look like a "no-kill" shelter to me...
In fact, "no kill" shelters get feral or old house cats, many of them diseased. They are segregated, evaluated and dealt with in whatever manner necessary; none are put down, all eventually see a vet (paid through Strays In Need}. Usually the healthy young ones are put out by their original owners and retrieved years later in traps as aging feral. I have trapped cats for years with my mother.
I have seen this my whole life, every year I bury several kittens, several old feral that just die, and several extremely old house cats that are put down as a last resort (when their kidneys fail usu.). It is a sad business, and I can see how this woman in such a congested urban area ended up in this situation.
There is no excuse for hundreds of dead anything in any residential area, regardless of the motivation or intention behind the fact.
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posted on
05/23/2005 4:18:11 PM PDT
by
mmercier
(the king in yellow)
To: Clemenza
That's not how you herd cats.
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posted on
05/23/2005 4:20:09 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
("...don't let anyone tell you it's easy...")
To: Clemenza
She said the cats died of natural causes.I guess starvation is completely natural.
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posted on
05/23/2005 4:22:05 PM PDT
by
flada
(Y2K? What are you selling, chicken or sex jelly?)
To: fatnotlazy
I have two relatives who have exhibited animal hoarding, although there aren't any dead ones stashed anywhere. It's been really sad .. both are elderly women living alone. One has children, the other doesn't, and the children have tried talking, cleaning, etc.
To: theFIRMbss
If they starved to death, then she technically didn't eeally "kill" the cats . . .The Michael Schaivo Animal Shelter.
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posted on
05/23/2005 4:25:04 PM PDT
by
reg45
To: theFIRMbss
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posted on
05/23/2005 4:25:23 PM PDT
by
tutstar
( <{{--->< Impeach Judge Greer http://www.petitiononline.com/ijg520/petition.html)
To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
I'm sorry for your relatives. And it's tough for family members to get the relatives to someone who can help.
A neighbor came very close to this situation. At one point, she had something like 40 cats. I believe someone got her to seek some help before it all got out of hand. I know she still goes for some sort of counseling or therapy. But she's now down to 8 cats (which she can manage since she has a large house and the financial means)...the rest I believe were sent to shelters. She does from time to time trap some wild ones, take them to a vet and have them spayed/neutered, but she doesn't keep them. At least now, she doesn't have a house full of cats.
Your relatives' loneliness may be something contributing to this. Seems to me that most hoarders are alone. Like I said, I don't know if anyone knows for sure what causes this...perhaps there are a myriad of causes...who knows?
To: Clemenza
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posted on
05/23/2005 4:32:00 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(The theory of evolution is the great cosmogenic myth of the twentieth century - Michael Denton)
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