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|Articles|January 28, 2011

Today's Daily Dose: Animal hoarding

How veterinarians can help with this devastating problem.

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“We need to find more effective ways to establish the extent and duration of neglect necessary for conditions to finally deterioriate into a hoarding situation. Veterinary input is critically needed to help courts understand the big picture, in which the whole may be much worse than the sum of its parts.”

-Gary Patronek, VMD, PhD

From Animal hoarding: Its roots and recognition

 

 


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