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Animal hoarding ‐ recognition and possible interventions
Author(s) -
Williams Bronwen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inp.g1974
Subject(s) - hoarding (animal behavior) , psychological intervention , hoarding disorder , psychology , medicine , social psychology , psychiatry , cognition , feeding behavior
Animal hoarding can be considered to be the pathological keeping of large numbers of animals without recognising an inability to care for them. The consequences can be devastating for both animals and humans. It is thought that animal hoarding happens in most communities and so veterinarians are likely to come into contact with this behaviour at some point during their career. This article highlights the characteristics of animal hoarding and gives advice of what to do in situations of concern.