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Case of “Animal Hoarding” May Indicate Mental Disorder

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In Waukesha county, officials are still contending with one of the largest recorded cases of animal neglect.Roughly 250 cats, with more than five dozen dead, were taken from an Ottawa home recently. The case is a textbook example of an increasingly troubling behaviour known as “animal hoarding”. Brian Bull reports…

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