The tragedy that happened recently (Cruelty at Pet Boarding House in Damansara Damai) happens in other places too.
This is a hoarding case in Florida:
Take a look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn2UUKluldI&feature;=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxkAxIJT1Cw&feature;=related
Boarding or hoarding, sometimes it is somehow connected to human greed. If you check out the second link, you’ll hear the comment that it all started off with good intentions, but it got out of hand. Sounds familiar?
That’s the evil in humans – GREED.
I think what helps is to check ourselves at ALL times – am I doing this for the benefit of others, or is it for myself? If the answer is the latter, greed has set in, and it’s time to move out of that zone.
Greed is sometimes not only about money, but also about taking and taking, and not knowing when to stop.
Hoarders often claim that they cannot turn a blind eye when they see animals suffering, so they take in the animal, but they cannot provide for the animal and do not seek help. At the end of the day, the animal suffers.
The happy ending: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VzcDg9tKtE&feature;=relmfu
We hope our current Pet Boarding House Rescue case will also have happy endings.
It’s up to us to make that happen now…
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7 responses to “It happens elsewhere too – 700 cats rescued from hoarding (Florida)”
It's cat hoarding. Not a cat boarding facility
Thank you. My mistake. Apologies for the error.
For that reason I cap myself to a dozen +/- cats (and the occasional dog) at any one time. What with work and family commitments all of which require money, I know the limits of my capabilities and time. I feel that it wouldn't be fair for me to take in so many strays but yet fail to provide enough resources and time for them. It is tempting to take in more strays and then ask for assistance from you and other willing NGOs but somehow it just doesn't feel quite right to me. I truly do not know if what I do is right or wrong but I do know that this is what I can do for now.
Linda Suhaili
Linda, In my opinion, what you're doing is absolutely right.
Kahyein,
Animal hoarding isn't a matter of greed. Rather, it's a symptom of a psychological disorder. As I understand it, it may possibly be related to obsessive-compulsive disorders and the like. If this is the case, then the hoarder requires help as much as the animals.
I absolutely agree with Linda. It is not right to simply spring and seek help from other rescuers with our own pickups because seriously speaking, every other genuine rescuer would be surely have their hands (and legs) full because they themselves would meet up with an animal in distress every day and would be stretching themselves to accomodate an extra stray.
I really despise those people who call themselves rescuers that pick up several (not one) animals and cowardly dump them in a box at someone else's colony, and then quietly sneak away. They feel themselves a hero for "saving" the animal/s, but dump the burden on somebody else secretly under the guise of "release", and not even bothering to neuter/spay them or get treatment for the ill and diseased ones first.
It creates a lot of stress and problems for the caregiver as well as the animals in the existing colonies, introducing new diseases and threatening their lives because of high numbers, leading to more complains to the council to come catch and kill them.
These so-called "rescuers" are real cowardly bastards on an ego-trip, practising emotional blackmail and they actually do more harm than good.